Parisculteurs & Permis de Végétaliser, Paris
Paris, France · Operator: Ville de Paris
Overview
Paris's 2015 citizen greening permit and Parisculteurs calls open public space and rooftops to citizen/operator urban farming via temporary occupation permits — a leading institution-based interim-use example.
Citizen participation
The 'permis de végétaliser' is a revocable temporary occupation permit letting residents plant on public space; Parisculteurs allocates city roofs, walls and ground for urban farming via calls for projects.
Operating model
A municipal scheme and call-for-projects; temporary occupation permits open urban-farm space to citizens and operators.
Impact
An institutional model scaling urban farming via temporary public-domain occupation permits.
Land tenure
Revocable temporary occupation permit of the public domain (space/rooftops).
Crops
- vegetables
- herbs
- fruit
Scale
Parisculteursで80件超・約24haの都市農。緑化許可は2015年創設。
Sources（1）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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