From absolute protection to controlled disaster: New perspectives on flood management in times of climate change

In: Journal of Landscape Architecture, 10 (1). S.16–25.  More
How we conceive of flood disaster and the means to protect ourselves have evolved radically through centuries. Following centuries of deluge angst and blinding technicism, current adaptation projects bring about a new perspective that reintegrates flooding into spatial perception and territorial design, but also give rise to new myths that challenge the ethics of landscape architects.