Vers la définition des projets agricoles en ville : METH-EXPAU®, un itinéraire méthodologique

Abstract

Since two decades urban agriculture has been booming and a wide range of forms, from urban allotment gardens to rooftop farming under greenhouse are developing. However, local authorities are often powerless to define forms of urban agriculture with regard to the specificity of the urban spaces and the territorial dynamics. We propose a methodological itinerary, based on the territorial analysis. This framework is a useful tool to orient and guide the choice of forms of urban agriculture with regard to the territorial characteristics as a whole. Designed and tested within the framework of a research-action dispositive, this methodological itinerary was implemented on three case studies: the city of Montrouge, a priority district within Lille municipality and a new district in Bordeaux. These applications allowed to test the itinerary and to reveal its potential but also its limits. We demonstrate how the structural, technical and social characteristics of the spaces and actors concerned can lead to the exclusion of certain forms of UA which do not correspond, or not already, to the needs of the territory.

Keywords

• urban agriculture
• territorial analysis
• methodological framework
• METH-EXPAU®
• research-action