Marseille et ses natures: permeabilites spatiales, segmentations sociales

This paper proposes a re-reading of the question of the nature in the city through the emerging environmental paradigms questioning the old dichotomy wild / artificial. From a case study, Marseilles, a French Mediterranean city, interdisciplinary analysis articulating sociology and geography reveals how new modes of urban and suburban nature management (suburban National Park, greenways, community gardens, public parks) query the spatial boundaries between wild and artificial, while uses are still marked by persistent social segmentations.