Marseille et ses natures: permeabilites spatiales, segmentations sociales Marseille e suas naturezas: permeabilidades espaciais, segmentações sociais Marseille and its Natures: Spacial Permeabilities, Social Segmentations

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This paper re-examines the question of nature in the city through emerging environmental paradigms, using Marseille, a French Mediterranean city, as a case study. An interdisciplinary analysis combining sociology and geography revealed that new modes of urban and suburban nature management (e.g., National Park, greenways, community gardens) question spatial boundaries between wild and artificial. However, the uses of these spaces are still marked by persistent social segmentations.