International audienceLocal urban development plans (in French, Plan local d'urbanisme, PLU) in their various components focus greatly on the landscape thus contributing in the field to a form of pedagogy of the landscape for citizens; this takes place at two levels which will be addressed in the two parts of the article. Social situations which teach about the landscape occur in the elaboration of the PLU and in its implementation with the submissions for building permits involving exchanges between the local authorities and the inhabitants and subsequently between petitioners and the building permit office. Whatever meaning is given to the term «landscape», these discussions provide didactic opportunities. However, we will ...