Le “Pot Belge” : hommage amical à un pays modèle pour l’étude des facteurs d’intégration territoriale

Belgium has been for the author a continuous matter of theoretical and quantitative research on political geography since a quarter of century. Due to the very particular geometry of Belgium’s territory (length of internal linguistic border, specific position of the Brussels-Capital Region), the cou...

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Main Author: Claude Grasland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography 2012-12-01
Series:Belgeo
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/6261
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description Belgium has been for the author a continuous matter of theoretical and quantitative research on political geography since a quarter of century. Due to the very particular geometry of Belgium’s territory (length of internal linguistic border, specific position of the Brussels-Capital Region), the country offers exceptional opportunities of exploration of the relations between economic factors (spatial interaction) and political factors (territorial interaction). An analysis of the dynamic of the settlement system on the long term (1846-2009) and of the migration on a half-century (1955-2009) reveals the strong resilience of the country against forces of political division. Brussels is apparently the key element in favor of the unity of the country.
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Le “Pot Belge” : hommage amical à un pays modèle pour l’étude des facteurs d’intégration territoriale
Belgeo
Belgium
Brussels
migration
political geography
demography
administrative divisions
title Le “Pot Belge” : hommage amical à un pays modèle pour l’étude des facteurs d’intégration territoriale
title_full Le “Pot Belge” : hommage amical à un pays modèle pour l’étude des facteurs d’intégration territoriale
title_fullStr Le “Pot Belge” : hommage amical à un pays modèle pour l’étude des facteurs d’intégration territoriale
title_full_unstemmed Le “Pot Belge” : hommage amical à un pays modèle pour l’étude des facteurs d’intégration territoriale
title_short Le “Pot Belge” : hommage amical à un pays modèle pour l’étude des facteurs d’intégration territoriale
title_sort le pot belge hommage amical a un pays modele pour l etude des facteurs d integration territoriale
topic Belgium
Brussels
migration
political geography
demography
administrative divisions
url https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/6261
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