Le démantèlement des barrages de la Sélune (Manche). Des réseaux d’acteurs au projet de territoire ?

Germaine, Marie‐Anne; Lespez, Laurent

doi:10.4000/developpementdurable.10525

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“…Keilty et al (2016) and Fox et al (2016) found that local communities adapt to changes caused by the construction of dams and-in the case of removal-their strong attachment is due to the provision of cultural services (identity, aesthetics, recreation and tourism). Similar findings were made regarding the removal of the 50-year-old Mactaquac dam in Canada (Keilty et al, 2016) and the removal of older dams in France (Germaine & Lespez, 2017),…”

Section: Local Community Versus Water Ecosystems and Infrastructuresupporting

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“…Policies to prevent environmental degradation by restoring the continuity of rivers as ecological corridors have focused attention on dam removal as a method to assist nature (e.g., Duda et al, 2021;Germaine & Lespez, 2017). This is observed in the United States, where more dams are being removed than built, with hydroelectric and water supply dams being the most common types of large dams removed (Grabowski et al, 2018;Waldman et al, 2019).…”

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“…Dam removals are often accompanied by significant social conflicts-with or without a formal public consultative processas has been found in New England, USA (Fox et al, 2016) and the Pacific Northwest (Grabowski et al, 2017). These conflicts often arise due to local community attachment to 'long-humanised landscapes' featuring infrastructures that are regarded to be important elements of regional heritage and identity (Fox et al, 2016;Germaine & Lespez, 2017;Keilty et al, 2016). Strategically speaking, early identification of social expectations and desires can facilitate lower-conflict strategies for making decisions on dam futures (Habel et al, 2020).…”

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Dammed context: Community perspectives on ecosystem service changes following Poland's first dam removal

Habel,

Mechkin,

Wagner

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Land Degrad Dev

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Decisions to build or remove dams and other large engineered hydraulic infrastructures are always entangled in social and environmental impacts, which are often evaluated formally through bureaucratic processes. In Europe dam removals are relatively infrequent, even though extensive hydraulic infrastructure has degraded biodiversity and water quality. The Wilkówka dam in southern Poland was required to be removed rapidly, primarily due to engineering failures during its construction. Using survey methods, we examine the local community's perceptions of the net environmental and social impacts of the Wilkówka dam removal. In surveying the opinions of households, 62% of respondents expressed that decisions about the removal were taken without sufficient community consultation, and 92% felt that the dam had been removed despite their opposition. Although the dam had been built recently and had failed to operate at design capacity, respondents reported strong attachments to the services they perceived it to provide, including water supply, flood regulation and cultural significance. In spite of the possibility of an environmental disaster and long‐term environmental degradation, most surveyed households would have preferred it to have been renovated or reconstructed. In short, the removal of the Wilkówka dam was perceived by local households but also by local officials as bringing about a net loss in socially relevant ecosystem services, despite the urgent need for removal perceived by regional and national authorities. The local community's rapid attachment to the dam despite its potential negative impacts on biodiversity and the local environment were primarily attributable to the high expectations as to the hydrological services that the dam was to provide (water supply, flood regulation and its larger symbolic value as an infrastructural investment in the community). This work provides an empirical demonstration of the importance of understanding the social, ecological and technological context within decision‐making processes regarding dam removals, and its implications may improve the planning and implementation of future dam removal projects.

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Dammed context: Community perspectives on ecosystem service changes following Poland's first dam removal

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Mechkin,

Wagner

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Land Degrad Dev

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“…In Lower Normandy, the ecological projects involve both abandoned hydraulic structures and those producing electricity (Germaine and Barraud, 2013a,b). In the Sélune catchment in southwest Lower Normandy, a project will result in the removal of two large dams (heights of 15 and 36 m) in 2016-2017; this is in fact the largest European project in terms of the height of the hydraulic structures (Germaine and Lespez, 2014). In comparison, it is striking to note that in Great Britain, removal operations are most often secondary and reserved for nonoperational works (RRC, 2011(RRC, , 2013.…”

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The anthropogenic nature of present-day low energy rivers in western France and implications for current restoration projects

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“…foot traffic control) or prohibition of access or a ban on certain local practices, unless dialogue is previously established with stakeholders to reconcile restoration objectives with local practices. Destruction of dams and weirs that entail major landscape changes and destroy connected fishing ponds is another example of a restoration project requiring extensive local dialogue well ahead of realization (Germaine & Lespez ).…”

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Promoting ecological restoration in France: issues and solutions

Buisson

Jaunatre

Regnery

et al. 2017

Restoration Ecology

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Ecological restoration has developed greatly over recent decades. Promoting harmonious relationships between scientists and practitioners, between restoration ecology and ecological restoration, is essential to improving restoration projects. These relationships are difficult to achieve at a global scale, although international action remains essential. Therefore, regional and national networks are attempting to take up the challenge. With several European countries planning to create their own network in the coming years, insights from current practice are helpful. Here, we (1) describe the context in which ecological restoration is developing in France and (2)

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Le démantèlement des barrages de la Sélune (Manche). Des réseaux d’acteurs au projet de territoire ?

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Dammed context: Community perspectives on ecosystem service changes following Poland's first dam removal

Dammed context: Community perspectives on ecosystem service changes following Poland's first dam removal

The anthropogenic nature of present-day low energy rivers in western France and implications for current restoration projects

Promoting ecological restoration in France: issues and solutions

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