American and Dutch coastal engineering: Differences in risk conception and differences in technological culture

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 143-151

  Bijker, Wiebe E ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Democratization; Katrina; Papers; Social construction; Vulnerability; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847294880     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312706069437     Document Type: Review

References (12)

1. Bijker, E. W. (1996) 'History and Heritage in Coastal Engineering in the Netherlands', in N. C. Kraus (ed.), History and Heritage of Coastal Engineering (New York: American Society of Civil Engineers). 390-412.
2. Bijker, Wiebe E. (2002) 'The Oosterschelde Storm Surge Barrier: A Test Case for Dutch Water Technology, Management, and Politics', Technology & Culture 43: 569-584.
3. Bijker, Wiebe E. (2006) 'The Vulnerability of Technological Culture', in H. Nowotny (ed.). Cultures of Technology and the Quest for Innovation ( New York: Berghahn Books: 52-69 ).
4. Doolaard, A. d. (1948) Het verjaagde water ( Amsterdam: Em. Querido's Uitgeversmaatschappij ).
5. Doolaard, A. d. & Mussey, J. B. (1948) Roll Back the Sea, A Novel ( New York: Simon and Schuster ).
6. Ferguson, H.A. (1991) Dialoog met de Noordzee. 2000 jaar Deltawerken (Hippolytushoef: AMAboeken).
7. Hughes, Thomas P. (1983) Networks of Power. Electrification in Western Society, 1880-1930 ( Baltimore, MA & London: Johns Hopkins University Press ).
8. Kaijser, Arne (2002) 'System Building from Below: Institutional Change in Dutch Water Control Systems', Technology & Culture 43 (3). 521-548.
9. Mukerji, Chandra (2007) 'Levees, Seawalls, and State Building in 17th Century France: Stewardship Politics and the Control of Wild Weather', Social Studies of Science 37 (1). 127-133.
10. Vierlingh, A. (1920, 1973 [1579]) Tractaet van Dyckagie (Den Haag and Rotterdam: Martinus Nijhoff, Nederlandse Vereniging Kust en Oeverwerken).
11. Wetmore, Jameson M. (2007) 'Dealing with Distributed Responsibilities for Flood Hazard Mitigation', Social Studies of Science 37 (1). 119-126.
12. Wiegel, R. L., & Saville, T. (1996) 'History of Coastal Engineering in the USA', in N. C. Kraus (ed.), History and Heritage of Coastal Engineering (New York: American Society of Civil Engineers). 513-600.