A dam or a polder? Stakeholders’ dispute over the “right” flood-protection measure in the Czech Republic
Ivan Andráško,
Barbora Duží,
Stanislav Martinát
Abstract:This study focuses on the Skalička Waterwork (SWW), a largely debated and media-covered water-related/flood-protection project in the Czech Republic. Relying primarily on stakeholder interviews, we traced back and reconstructed the project’s development, including its key tipping points reflecting the changing societal preferences for particular measures, yet also the involvement of individual actors/stakeholders, and their differing views. The case eventually crystallized into the “dam versus polder” dispute;… Show more
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