Chapter 6
The Governance Context of Drought
Policy and Pilot Measures for the Arzal
Dam and Reservoir, Vilaine Catchment,
Brittany, France
Isabelle La Jeunesse, Corinne Larrue, Carina Furusho,
Maria-Helena Ramos, Alison Browne, Cheryl de Boer,
Rodrigo Vidaurre, Louise Crochemore, Jean-Pierre Arrondeau
and Aldo Penasso
6.1 Introduction
This chapter presents an analysis of the drought adaptation governance of the Vilaine
catchment in the Brittany region in France and, more specifically, of the Arzal dam
and reservoir located at the outlet of the river. Accordingly, the analysis focuses on the
lower part of the Vilaine catchment, where two pilot studies were conducted during
the DROP project. The material for the analysis was collected during two field visits.
The first visit occurred from 16 to 18 September 2013, and the second from 16 to 18
June 2014, during which the Governance Team (GT) met stakeholders, managers and
representatives of the relevant local action groups. The analysis is also based on
several documents provided by the Institution d’Aménagement de la Vilaine (IAV),
I. La Jeunesse (&) Á C. Larrue
University of Tours, 33, allée Ferdinand de Lesseps, 37204 Tours, CX 3, France
e-mail: isabelle.lajeunesse@univ-tours.fr
C. Furusho Á M.-H. Ramos Á L. Crochemore
ISTEA, Rue Pierre-Gilles de Gennes 1, Antony, France
A. Browne
University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
C. de Boer
Faculty of Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation, ITC, University of Twente,
Drienerweg 99, 7522ES Enschede, Netherlands
R. Vidaurre
Ecologic Institute, Pfalzburger Strasse 43/44, 10717 Berlin, Germany
J.-P. Arrondeau Á A. Penasso
Institution d’Aménagement de la Vilaine, Pfalzburger Strasse 43/44, La Roche Bernard,
France
© The Author(s) 2016
H. Bressers et al. (eds.), Governance for Drought Resilience,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29671-5_6
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The Governance Context of Drought
Policy and Pilot Measures for the Arzal
Dam and Reservoir, Vilaine Catchment,
Brittany, France
Isabelle La Jeunesse, Corinne Larrue, Carina Furusho,
Maria-Helena Ramos, Alison Browne, Cheryl de Boer,
Rodrigo Vidaurre, Louise Crochemore, Jean-Pierre Arrondeau
and Aldo Penasso
6.1 Introduction
This chapter presents an analysis of the drought adaptation governance of the Vilaine
catchment in the Brittany region in France and, more specifically, of the Arzal dam
and reservoir located at the outlet of the river. Accordingly, the analysis focuses on the
lower part of the Vilaine catchment, where two pilot studies were conducted during
the DROP project. The material for the analysis was collected during two field visits.
The first visit occurred from 16 to 18 September 2013, and the second from 16 to 18
June 2014, during which the Governance Team (GT) met stakeholders, managers and
representatives of the relevant local action groups. The analysis is also based on
several documents provided by the Institution d’Aménagement de la Vilaine (IAV),
I. La Jeunesse (&) Á C. Larrue
University of Tours, 33, allée Ferdinand de Lesseps, 37204 Tours, CX 3, France
e-mail: isabelle.lajeunesse@univ-tours.fr
C. Furusho Á M.-H. Ramos Á L. Crochemore
ISTEA, Rue Pierre-Gilles de Gennes 1, Antony, France
A. Browne
University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
C. de Boer
Faculty of Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation, ITC, University of Twente,
Drienerweg 99, 7522ES Enschede, Netherlands
R. Vidaurre
Ecologic Institute, Pfalzburger Strasse 43/44, 10717 Berlin, Germany
J.-P. Arrondeau Á A. Penasso
Institution d’Aménagement de la Vilaine, Pfalzburger Strasse 43/44, La Roche Bernard,
France
© The Author(s) 2016
H. Bressers et al. (eds.), Governance for Drought Resilience,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29671-5_6
109