Pretending to be resilient. Urban production in flood-prone areas under the market rationale
In the face of climate change and increasing flood risks, the discourse on spatial resilience is intensifying. However, it reveals several operational limits. Urban projects ultimately tend to blur the differences in urban development facing flooding. When resilience is implemented, restrictions are negotiated and lowered in order to build as close as possible to the classic conditions. Urban production in flood-prone areas takes flooding into account at a minimum. Based on the framework of analysis of public policy resources, the article will speak of “false assumptions” to underline the initial misunderstanding that presents flooding as an insurmountable constraint, made up of blocking rules and additional costs, whereas operations in flood-prone areas have strengths. Few research studies question the “market” rationale in the balance of power, whereas the market logic in fact tends to attenuate the characteristics of urban production in flood-prone areas.