The challenges of nature in the city
Urban biodiversity: from ecology to landscape planning

First of all, France is more urban than ever. According to Insee, in 2010, 77.5% of the French population lived in urban areas. Cities now occupy 21.8% of the country, an increase of 19% in ten years. . In 2017, the number of city-dwellers surpassed the number of rural dwellers. In the course of history, the city, with its ever-increasing population densities, has only recently voluntarily integrated nature (see chapter ...