Entre désir de nature et peur de l’abandon : quelles attentes paysagères après l’arasement des barrages hydroélectriques de la Sélune ?

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Experiencing the landscape: landscape agency in a multifunctional valley after dam removal on the Sélune River, France

“…We monitored the entire operation from start to finish. Our primary interest was the role granted to local actors in the process, which led us to examine the inhabitants' attachment to the lakes formed along the flooded valley floor (Germaine et al 2016), and the engineers' representations and aims concerning the landscape of Sélune River valley and nature in general (Germaine et al 2019). We do not discuss the design of a new project for the landscape and for uses of the valley, which remain to be defined by the local elected representatives and the State; here, we focus on the period of work that consisted of restoring the valley following demolition of the two dams.…”

“…https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol29/iss1/art23/ A participatory observation process was established to monitor the ongoing construction of a new valley. We began by using the two studies conducted before the works started to put forward ideas for redevelopment of the valley's landscape and economic situation, one of which was conducted by local communities and which culminated in ambitious proposals for the valley's reconfiguration (Germaine et al 2019). As observers, we attended the thematic working group meetings held at the request of the local Prefect to produce a plan for the area's socioeconomic recovery.…”

“…One of the difficulties is due to the difference between the goals of the environmental project that seeks to reestablish natural processes and the goals for the area that are based on a landscape and its uses (Eden et al 2000, Germaine and. We previously looked at the role of landscape in the conflict arising from the removal of these dams (Germaine et al 2019). Analysis of the local inhabitants' expectations revealed that they wavered between a desire for nature and a fear of wasteland, thus enabling us to understand the sticking points.…”

The role of hydrosocial heritages produced by hydrosocial territories in understanding environmental conflicts: The case of Sélune dam removals (France)

“…The conflict lasted until the first notch was made in the upper Vezins dam in July of 2019. To explain the controversy, studies have highlighted the top-down approach adopted by the State (Germaine and Lespez, 2014), the local attachment to the landscapes (Germaine et al, 2016(Germaine et al, , 2019, and the opposing visions of advocates and opponents regarding the dams, the lakes, and salmon (Germaine and Lespez, 2017). The aim of this article is thus to underline the disconnection between the ecological project and the territory as one of the factors that spurred this long-lasting conflict.…”

Quelle place pour les « 1000 Etangs » parmi le patrimoine lentique national ?

“…C'est elle qui favorise la conversion du plateau vers une transition des usages mais aussi des perceptions. En effet, la question des trajectoires des étangs est le reflet d'une société qui hésite actuellement entre le « désir de nature et peur de l'abandon »(Germaine M-A., et al, 2019).…”