Agricultural islands in Paris metropolis : an investigation into possible interactions and complementarities between urban and food landscapes
Résumé
The intra-urban agricultural enclaves of the Paris metropolis are part of "agro-sylvo-urban" landscapes and form a constellation of islands. How do this archipelago and the metropolis interact? What role can these enclaves play in the future of the metropolis in a context of socio-ecological transition? By investigating nine enclaves, we have been able to identify recurring problems linked to the metropolitan situation, and to analyse the projectual dynamics at work in these areas, involving a range of players, in particular landscape designers. It appears that agricultural activity generates co-benefits for the enclaves and the metropolis, which can be amplified by the spatial project. What's more, their respective vulnerabilities mean that the complementarities between agricultural enclaves and woodland-urban areas need to be strengthened, and new planning strategies need to be devised that include landscape designers.