Case studies
This chapter illustrates precisely the comparison between the two pairs of case studies, highlighting differences and analogies between France and Italy in terms of evolution, dissemination and application of the river contract model. In order to describe and analyze some paradigmatic examples both concerning hydrographic basins located in metropolitan areas and other ones characterized by a largely rural aspects, four case studies have been specifically selected among river contracts implemented in the two national contexts: the Contrat de Rivière Yzeron (Rhône-Alpes) and the Olona-Bozzente-Lura River Contract (Lombardia), on the one hand, and the Contrat de bassin de la Basse Vallée de l’Ain (Rhône-Alpes) and the Val d’Ofanto River Contract (Puglia), on the other.