Living soils: Better consideration of soils in planning.
Parentheses| N° d'inventaire | 31194 |
| Format | 16 x 24.6 |
| Détails | 223 p., numerous color photographs, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2024 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782863644492 |
Soil is an extraordinary reservoir of biodiversity: it produces resources, stores carbon, regulates water, and provides nutrients to plants. A dynamic medium, it transforms under the influence of humans, ecosystems, and the climate, and is an essential ally for preserving habitable territories. Yet living soils are still insufficiently considered in urban projects, planning processes, and more broadly in public development policies or economic models, which must be rethought to achieve our land-use efficiency goals.
Drawing on feedback from five winning sites of the "Atelier des territoires", led by the Ministry of Urban Planning, this work reports on the proposals of pioneering territories: pooling and regenerating excavated land in Indre-et-Loire; strengthening bocage structures in Calvados; rethinking land transfer models in Seine-et-Marne; revealing brown networks in Hérault; integrating the multifactorial value of soils into development decisions in Guadeloupe, etc.
In contrast, a dialogue between national experts questions existing technical frameworks and highlights the inadequacy of representation methods, the limits of the legal framework, and the induced effects of taxation. The sensitive perspective of a photographer also serves as a reminder that soils are, above all, a shared cultural heritage. Fueled by concrete approaches and a constructive testing of public action, this book presents itself as a plea for better integration of living soils into development strategies.
Soil is an extraordinary reservoir of biodiversity: it produces resources, stores carbon, regulates water, and provides nutrients to plants. A dynamic medium, it transforms under the influence of humans, ecosystems, and the climate, and is an essential ally for preserving habitable territories. Yet living soils are still insufficiently considered in urban projects, planning processes, and more broadly in public development policies or economic models, which must be rethought to achieve our land-use efficiency goals.
Drawing on feedback from five winning sites of the "Atelier des territoires", led by the Ministry of Urban Planning, this work reports on the proposals of pioneering territories: pooling and regenerating excavated land in Indre-et-Loire; strengthening bocage structures in Calvados; rethinking land transfer models in Seine-et-Marne; revealing brown networks in Hérault; integrating the multifactorial value of soils into development decisions in Guadeloupe, etc.
In contrast, a dialogue between national experts questions existing technical frameworks and highlights the inadequacy of representation methods, the limits of the legal framework, and the induced effects of taxation. The sensitive perspective of a photographer also serves as a reminder that soils are, above all, a shared cultural heritage. Fueled by concrete approaches and a constructive testing of public action, this book presents itself as a plea for better integration of living soils into development strategies.