Un espace sans conflit? Structures de pouvoir et path dependencies autour du lac d’Émosson, 1953–1975

De Pretto, Sebastian (2022). Un espace sans conflit? Structures de pouvoir et path dependencies autour du lac d’Émosson, 1953–1975. Geschichte der Alpen – Histoire des Alpes – Storia delle Alpi, 27, pp. 173-189. Chronos

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The launch of the Lac d'Emosson hydropower dam in the Trient Valley of Valais in 1975 met with hardly any critics within Swiss media against this second-largest storage lake in the country. Indeed, the community of Finhaut had voluntarily granted the concession for the dam, agreeing to give up its pasture with the summer settlement on it. This last resettlement action in the Swiss Alps is remarkable in that the 1970s are known as a decade of strong nature and heritage protection movements as well as a transitional phase from hydro- to nuclear energy. What kind of site-related factors, power structures and path dependencies made this dam possible without meeting any resistance? The article explores this question, by also reflecting on the circumstances under which hydraulic engineering in Switzerland went hand in hand with varying degrees of protest over the past century.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History > Economic, Social and Environmental History
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History > Institute of History, Modern and Contemporary History

UniBE Contributor:

De Pretto, Sebastian Emanuel Andreas

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology
900 History
900 History > 940 History of Europe

Publisher:

Chronos

Language:

French

Submitter:

Sebastian Emanuel Andreas De Pretto

Date Deposited:

28 Mar 2023 15:22

Last Modified:

28 Mar 2023 23:27

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Additional Information:

Romed Aschwanden, Maria Buck, Patrick Kupper, Kira J. Schmid (Hg.)
Conflits d’usage depuis 1950 | Conflitti d’uso dal 1950 | Nutzungskonflikte seit 1950
ISBN 978-3-0340-1682-7

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/180757

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/180757

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