Vers des paysages multifonctionnels en zone d'intensification agricole. Une recherche interdisciplinaire au Québec (Canada)

In areas of intensive agricultural uses, the trends towards the homogenization of landscapes are creating a risk of devitalization for rural communities. The restoration of environmental functions of these landscapes, as the consideration of issues related to quality of life, is now urgent. In that context, an interdisciplinary research project is conducted since four years in Quebec (Canada). The objective of the project is to identify landscape structures that would allow for both the reintroduction of past functions (environmental), as well as being responsive to new functions (residential, amenities, etc.). Emphasizing the most critical dimensions of the rural environment (biodiversity, co-inhabitation of populations, water quality), the results of this research offer planning guides for the reintroduction of the multifunctional character of the landscapes in areas of intensive agriculture.