Intro -- Table des matieres -- Artificialized land and land take -- Foreword -- ’Land Take’, an ambiguous scientific concept -- - Methods of measuring the extent of land take in France -- - The impacts of land take on the characteristics and properties of soils -- - The direct and indirect impacts of land take on the characteristics and functioning of artificialized environments -- - Agricultural land, agricultural activities, and land take -- - Household location strategies and housing construction -- - Determinants of land take by enterprises and transport infrastructure -- - Avoiding or reducing land take, or possibly compensating for its effects -- Bibliography -- List of Authors.