Regional & Geographical Sciences

Journal Articles

1. Montero Redondo, Gaëtan; Caruso, Geoffrey; Hilal, Mohamed; Thomas, Isabelle. A partition‐free spatial clustering that preserves topology: application to built‐up density. In: Journal of Geographical Systems : geographical information, analysis, theory and decision, Vol. 25, p. 5-35 (2023). doi:10.1007/s10109-022-00396-4. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/265721

2. Adam, Arnaud; Proost, Stef; Thomas, Isabelle. Does Tolling Per Kilometre Compensate for the External Costs of Trucks? A Geographical Approach for Belgium. In: International Regional Science Review, Vol. 46, no. 3, p. 381-409 (2023). doi:10.1177/01600176221145883. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/269287

3. Wunsch, Guillaume; Russo, Federica; Mouchart, Michel; Orsi, Renzo. Time and causality in the social sciences. In: Time & Society, Vol. 31, no. 2, p. 177-204 (2022). doi:10.1177/0961463X211029488. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/254443

4. Haedo, Christian; Mouchart, Michel. Two-mode clustering through profiles of regions and sectors. In: Empirical Economics, Vol. 63, p. 1971-1996 (2022). doi:10.1007/s00181-022-02201-z. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/259444

5. Mossay, Pascal; Picard, Pierre M.; Tabuchi, Takatoshi. Urban structures with forward and backward linkages. In: Regional Science and Urban Economics, Vol. 83, p. 103522 (2020). doi:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2020.103522 (Accepté/Sous presse). http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/230820

6. Aerts, Raf; Nemery, Benoit; Bauwelinck, Mariska; Trabelsi, Sonia; Deboosere, Patrick; Van Nieuwenhuyse, An; Nawrot, Tim S.; Casas, Lidia. Residential green space, air pollution, socioeconomic deprivation and cardiovascular medication sales in Belgium: A nationwide ecological study. In: Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 712, no.1, p. 136426 (2020). doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136426 (Accepté/Sous presse). http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/226695

7. Lauwers, Laura; Trabelsi, Sonia; Pelgrims, Ingrid; Bastiaens, Hilde; De Clercq, Eva; Guilbert, Ariane; Guyot, Madeleine; Leone, Michael; Nawrot, Tim; Van Nieuwenhuyse, An; Remmen, Roy; Saenen, Nelly; Thomas, Isabelle; Keune, Hans. Urban environment and mental health: the NAMED project, protocol for a mixed-method study. In: BMJ Open, Vol. 10, no. 2, p. e031963 (2020). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031963. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/227706

8. Gandica, Yérali; Decuyper, Adeline; Cloquet, Christophe; Thomas, Isabelle; Delvenne, Jean-Charles. Measuring the effect of node aggregation on community detection. In: EPJ Data Science, Vol. 9, no. 6 (2020). doi:10.1140/epjds/s13688-020-00223-0. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/228122

9. Álvarez-Sanjaime, Óscar; Cantos-Sánchez, Pedro; Moner-Colonques, Rafael; Sempere-Monerris, Jose J. A three-stage competition game in an air transport network under asymmetric valuation of flight frequencies. In: Economics of Transportation, Vol. 21, p. 100141 (2020). doi:10.1016/j.ecotra.2019.100141 (Accepté/Sous presse). http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/230421

10. Proost, Stef; Thisse, Jacques-François. What can be learned from spatial economics?. In: Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 57, no.3, p. 575-643 (2019). doi:10.1257/jel.20181414. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/230389

11. Mossay, Pascal; Picard, Pierre. Spatial segregation and urban structure. In: Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 59, no.3, p. 480-507 (2019). doi:10.1111/jors.12442. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/218617

12. Sidqi, Yousra; Frankhauser, Pierre; Thomas, Isabelle; Retière, Nicolas. Comparing fractal indices of electric networks to roads and buildings: The case of Grenoble (France). In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Vol. 531, p. 121774 (2019). doi:10.1016/j.physa.2019.121774. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/224230

13. Gokan, Toshitaka; Kichko, Sergey; Thisse, Jacques-François. How do trade and communication costs shape the spatial organization of firms?. In: Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 113, no.103191 (2019). doi:10.1016/j.jue.2019.103191. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/230788

14. Trabelsi, Sonia; Casas, Lidia; Nemery, Benoit; Nawrot, Tim S.; Thomas, Isabelle. Geographies of asthma medication purchase for pre-schoolers in Belgium. In: Respiratory Research, Vol. 20, no.90 (2019). doi:10.1186/s12931-019-1052-8. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/215922

15. de Palma, André; Papageorgiou, Yorgos Y.; Thisse, Jacques-François; Ushchev, Philip. About the origin of cities. In: Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 111, p. 1-13 (2019). doi:10.1016/j.jue.2019.01.006. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/218029

16. Picard, Pierre; Tampieri, Alessandro; Wan, Xi. Airport capacity and inefficiency in slot allocation. In: International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 62, p. 330-357 (2019). doi:10.1016/j.ijindorg.2017.10.003. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/218211

17. Johnen, Johannes; Schmitz, Sebastian; Heller, Philipp. Congestion Pricing: A Mechanism Design Approach. In: Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Vol. 53, no. 1, p. 74-98 (2019). http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/203155

18. Jourquin, Bart. Estimating Elasticities for Freight Transport Using a Network Model: An Applied Methodological Framework. In: Journal of Transportation Technologies, Vol. 09, no.01, p. 1-13 (2019). doi:10.4236/jtts.2019.91001. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/204788

19. Finance, Olivier; ADAM, Arnaud; JONES, Jonathan; Thomas, Isabelle. Révéler la polarisation économique d'une ville à partir des traces GPS des camions. Le cas de Liège. In: Bulletin de la Société Géographique de Liège, Vol. 72 (2019). http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/224228

20. Wunsch, Guillaume; Mouchart, Michel; Russo, Federica. Examining Cause-Effect Relations in the Social Sciences A Structural Causal Modelling Approach. In: STAtOR, Vol. 3, no.September, p. 18-22 (2019). http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/223038

21. Picard, Pierre; Zenou, Yves. Urban spatial structure, employment and social ties. In: Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 104, p. 77-93 (2018). doi:10.1016/j.jue.2018.01.004. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/218213

22. Adam, Arnaud; Charlier, Julien; Debuisson, Marc; Duprez, Jean-Paul; Reginster, Isabelle; Thomas, Isabelle. Bassins résidentiels en Belgique : deux méthodes, une réalité ?. In: Espace géographique, Vol. 47, no.1, p. 35-50 (2018). doi:10.3917/eg.471.0035. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/200865

23. Adam, Arnaud; Delvenne, Jean-Charles; Thomas, Isabelle. Detecting communities with the multi-scale Louvain method: robustness test on the metropolitan area of Brussels. In: Journal of Geographical Systems, Vol. 20, no. 4, p. 363-386 (2018). doi:10.1007/s10109-018-0279-0. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/203718

24. Haedo, Christian; Mouchart, Michel. A stochastic independence approach for measuring regional specialization and concentration. In: Papers in Regional Science, Vol. 97, no. 4, p. 1151-1168 (2018). doi:10.1111/pirs.12294. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/187203

25. Wunsch, Guillaume; Mouchart, Michel; Russo, Federica. Causal attribution in block-recursive social systems: A structural modeling perspective. In: Methodological Innovations, Vol. 11, no. 1, p. 1-11 (2018). doi:10.1177/2059799118768415. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/197189

26. Beckers, Joris; Thomas, Isabelle; Vanoutrive, Thomas; Verhetsel, Ann. Logistics clusters, including inter-firm relations through community detection. In: European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, Vol. 18, no.2, p. 178-195 (2018). http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/196976

27. Jones, Jonathan; Peeters, Dominique; Thomas, Isabelle. Scale effect in a LUTI model of Brussels: challenges for policy evaluation. In: European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, Vol. 17, p. 103-131 (2017). http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/191304

28. Thomas, Isabelle; Adam, Arnaud; Verhetsel, Ann. Migration and commuting interactions fields: a new geography with community detection algorithm?. In: Belgeo, Vol. 2017, no. 4 (2017). doi:10.4000/belgeo.20507. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/214172

29. Adam, Arnaud; Delvenne, Jean-Charles; Thomas, Isabelle. Cartographies des champs d’interaction dans et autour de Bruxelles : navettes, déménagements et appels téléphoniques. In: Brussels Studies, no. 118 (2017). doi:10.4000/brussels.1592. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/203294

30. Caruso, Geoffrey; Hilal, Mohamed; Thomas, Isabelle. Measuring urban forms from inter-building distances: combining MST graphs with a local index of spatial association. In: Landscape and Urban Planning, Vol. 163, p. 80-89 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.03.003. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/183889

31. Adam, Arnaud; Delvenne, Jean-Charles; Thomas, Isabelle. Cartography of interaction fields in and around Brussels: Commuting, moves and telephone calls. In: Brussels Studies, no. 118 (2017). doi:10.4000/brussels.1601. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/192169

32. Adam, Arnaud; Delvenne, Jean-Charles; Thomas, Isabelle. Cartografie van de interactiegebieden in en rond Brussel: pendelverkeer, verhuizingen en telefoongesprekken. In: Brussels Studies, no. 118 (2017). doi:10.4000/brussels.1598. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/203298

33. Caigné, Carl; Riou, Stéphane; Thisse, Jacques-François. How to make the metropolitan area work? Neither big government, nor laissez-faire. In: Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 134, p. 100-113 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2015.12.002. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/187007

34. Mouchart, Michel; Orsi, Renzo. Building a Structural Model: Parameterization and Structurality. In: Econometrics, Vol. 4, no.2, p. 23 (2016). doi:10.3390/econometrics4020023. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/173684

35. Mouchart, Michel; Wunsch, Guillaume; Russo, Federica. Controlling Variables in Social Systems - A Structural Modelling Approach. In: Bulletin de méthodologie sociologique, Vol. 132, p. 5-25 (2016). doi:10.1177/0759106316662811. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/177533

36. Amaya, Jorge; Peeters, Dominique; Uribe, Paula; Valenzuela, Juan P. Optimization Modeling for Resource Allocation in the Chilean Public Education System. In: International Regional Science Review, Vol. 39, no.2, p. 155-176 (2015). doi:10.1177/0160017615571584. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/186341

37. Delloye, Justin; Peeters, Dominique; Thomas, Isabelle. "On the morphology of a growing city: a heuristic experiment merging static economics with dynamic geography". In: PLoS One, Vol. 10, no.8:e0135871 (2015). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0135871. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/165202

38. Peeters, Dominique; Caruso, Geoffrey; Cavailhès, Jean; Thomas, Isabelle; Frankhauser, Pierre; Vuidel, Gilles. Emergence of leapfrogging from residential choice with endogenous green space : Analytical results. In: Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 55, no.3, p. 491-512 (2015). doi:10.1111/jors.12158. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/167909

39. Le Gallo, Julie; Thomas, Isabelle. Espace, statistique et économétrie : progrès et défis en science régionale. In: Revue d’Economie Régionale et Urbaine, Vol. 1-2, p. 387 (mai 2015). http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/167913

40. Caruso, Geoffrey; Cavailhès, Jean; Peeters, Dominique; Thomas, Isabelle; Frankhauser, Pierre; Vuidel, Gilles. Greener and larger neighbourhoods make cities more sustainable! A 2D urban economics perspective. In: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Vol. 54, p. 82-94 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2015.06.002. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/165833

41. Haedo, Christian; Mouchart, Michel. Specialized agglomerations with Lattice data: Model and detection. In: Spatial Statistics, Vol. 11, p. 113-131 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.spasta.2014.11.003. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/155334

42. Le Gallo, Julie; Thomas, Isabelle. Statistique, économétrie et espace : progrès et défis en science régionale. In: Revue d'économie régionale et urbaine, Vol. mai, no.1, p. 9-26 (2015). doi:10.3917/reru.151.0009. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/167885

43. Jones, Jonathan; Peeters, Dominique; Thomas, Isabelle. Is cities delineation a pre requisite for urban modelling? The example of land price determinants in Brussels. In: CyberGeo : revue européenne de géographie, Vol. Document 716 (2015). doi:10.4000/cybergeo.26899. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/165198

44. Jones, Jonathan; Thomas, Isabelle; Peeters, Dominique. Forecasting jobs location choices by Discrete Choice Models: A sensitivity analysis to scale and implications for LUTI models. In: REGION, Vol. 2, no. 1, p. 67-93 (2015). doi:10.18335/region.v2i1.63. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/167910

45. Almeida Rodriguez, Carlos; Mouchart, Michel. Testing Normality of latent variables in the polychoric correlation. In: Statistica, Vol. 70, no. 1, p. 3-25 (2014). http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/154643

46. Almeida, Carlos; Mouchart, Michel. Bayesian testing for nested hypotheses under partial observability. In: Sankhya : the Indian journal of statistics, no. 76A, p. 305-327 (2014). http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/160413

47. Wunsch, Guillaume; Mouchart, Michel; Russo, Federica. Functions and Mechanisms in Structural-Modelling Explanations. In: Journal for General Philosophy of Science, Vol. 45, no.1, p. 187-208 (2014). doi:10.1007/s10838-014-9242-z. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/142789

Book Chapters

1. Montero, Gaëtan; Tannier, Cécile; Thomas, Isabelle. Morphological Delineation of Urban Agglomerations: Comparison of Fractal and Non-Fractal Methods. In: Fractal geometry in human geography and planning , Wiley/ISTE, 2024, p. 147-196 (chap. 5). 978-1-394-30655-8. xxx xxx. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/292159

2. Tannier, Cécile; Montero, Gaëtan; Sémécurbe, François; Thomas, Isabelle. Fractal Analysis Methods for Characterizing the Spatial Distribution of Human Settlements. In: Fractal geometry in human geography and planning , Wiley/ISTE, 2024, p. 93-146 (chap. 4). 978-1-394-30655-8. xxx xxx. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/292156

3. Thomas, Isabelle. Conclusion of the book "Fractal geometry in human geography and planning". In: Fractal geometry in human geography and planning , Wiley/ISTE, 2024, p. 335-338. 978-1-394-30655-8. xxx xxx. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/292179

4. Caruso, Geoffrey; Pumain, Denise; Thomas, Isabelle. No “Prêt à Porter” but a Multi-scalar Perspective of “Smart Cities”. In: Knowledge Management for Regional Policymaking , Springer, 2022, p. 123-147 (chap. 7). 978-3-031-15647-2. xxx xxx. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-15648-9_7. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/270132

5. Sanders, Lena; Thomas, Isabelle; Vacchiani-Marcuzzo, Céline. On the Survival of Butterflies in the Jungle of Urban Systems. In: Lecture Notes in Morphogenesis : Theories and Models of Urbanization (Lecture Notes in Morphogenesis; xxx), Springer, 2020, p. 151-167. 9783030366551. xxx xxx. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-36656-8_9. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/224727

6. Wunsch, Guillaume; Mouchart, Michel; Russo, Federica. La modélisation en sciences sociales : incertitudes et défis. In: Modèles : prévoir, comprendre, expliquer, interpréter, reproduire, trahir (Mémoires; xxx), Académie Royale de Belgique: Bruxelles, 2020, p. 165-183. 978-2-8031-0718-6. xxx xxx. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/238298

7. Adam, Arnaud; Montero Redondo, Gaëtan; Finance, Olivier; Verhetsel, Ann; Thomas, Isabelle. Revisiting urban models with information and communication technology data? Some exampes from Brussels. In: Digital Social Networks and Travel Behaviour in Urban Environments , Routledge: London, 2019, p. 186-202. 9781138594630. xxx xxx. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/230793

8. Thisse, Jacques-François. Economics of agglomeration. In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia: Economics and Finance , Oxford Univesity Press, 2019. 9780190625979. xxx xxx. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190625979.013.152. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/224029

9. Thomas, Isabelle; Cotteels, Camille; Pholo Bala, Alain; Peeters, Dominique. Spatial challenges in the estimations of LUTI models: some lessons from the Sustaincity project. In: Integrated Transport and Land Use Modeling for Sustainable Cities , EPFL Press / Routledge, 2015, p. 55-74. 978-0-415-72910-9. xxx xxx. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/168041

Working Papers

1. Takayama, Yuki; Ikeda, Kiyohiro; Thisse, Jacques-François. Stability and sustainability of urban systems under commuting and transportation costs. 2020. 49 p. CORE Discussion Papers 2020/05. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/226226

2. Kichko, Sergey; Liang, Wen-Juang; Mai, Chao-Cheng; Thisse, Jacques-François; Wang, Ping. The rise (and fall) of science parks. 2020. 33 p. CORE Discussion Papers 2020/15. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/229697

3. Wunsch, Guillaume; Russo, Federica; Mouchart, Michel; Orsi, Renzo. Time and Causality in the Social Sciences. 2020. 31 p. ISBA Discussion Paper 2020/22. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/232134

4. Mouchart, Michel; Orsi, Renzo; Wunsch, Guillaume. Causality in econometric modeling. From theory to structural causal modeling. 2020. 38 p. CORE Discussion Papers; ISBA Discussion Paper 2020/03; 2020/21. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/225552

5. Haedo, Christian; Mouchart, Michel. Two-mode clustering through profiles of regions and sectors. 2019. 19 p. ISBA Discussion Paper 2019/14. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/216613

6. Wunsch, Guillaume; Mouchart, Michel; Russo, Federica. Examining Cause-Effect Relations in the Social Sciences A Structural Causal Modelling Approach. 2019. 7 p. ISBA Discussion Paper 2019/02. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/214739

7. Wunsch, Guillaume; Mouchart, Michel; Russo, Federica. La modélisation en sciences sociales: Incertitudes et défis. 2019. 17 p. ISBA Discussion Paper 2019/03. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/214740

8. Finance, Olivier; Adam, Arnaud; Jones, Jonathan; Thomas, Isabelle. Révéler la polarisation économique d'une ville à partir de traces GPS de camions. Le cas de Liège. 2018. 23 p. CORE Discussion Paper 2018/33. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/209776

9. Delloye, Justin; Peeters, Dominique; Tharakan, Joe. Equilibrium selection and stability in dynamic core-periphery models with heterogeneous preferences. 2018. 28 p. CORE Discussion Paper 2018/02. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/194099

10. Haedo, Christian; Mouchart, Michel. Automatic biclustering of regions and sectors. 2018. 25 p. ISBA Discussion Paper 2018/26. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/203982

11. Russo, Federica; Wunsch, Guillaume; Mouchart, Michel. Causality in the Social Sciences: A structural modelling framework. 2018. 16 p. ISBA Discussion Paper 2018/27. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/207278

12. Wunsch, Guillaume; Mouchart, Michel; Russo, Federica. Causal attribution in block-recursive social sytems. A structural modeling perspective. 2017. 20 p. CORE Discussion Paper; ISBA Discussion Paper 2017/28; 2017/29. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/187917

13. Mouchart, Michel; Bouckaert, André; Wunsch, Guillaume. Assessing causality in clinical trials, A Sure Outcome of Random Events (SORE) Model. 2016. ISBA Discussion Paper 2016/01. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/171390

14. Haedo, Christian; Mouchart, Michel. Automatic biclustering of regions and sectors. 2016. 32 p. ISBA Discussion Paper 2016/42. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/179272

15. TABUCHI, Takatoshi; Thisse, Jacques-François; Zhu, Xiwei. Does Technological Progress Affect the Locationof Economic Activity?. 2015. 25 p. CORE Discussion Paper 2015/11. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/157724

16. Mouchart, Michel; Orsi, Renzo. Building a structural model: parameterization and structurality. 2015. 25 p. CORE Discussion Paper; ISBA Discussion Paper 2015/56; 2015/22. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/168145

17. Mouchart, Michel; Wunsch, Guillaume; Russo, Federica. The issue of control in multivariate systems, A contribution of structural modelling.. 2015. 29 p. CORE Discussion Paper; ISBA Discussion Paper 2015/29; 2015/19. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/162165

Books

1. Wunsch, Guillaume; Mouchart, Michel; Russo, Federica. Les limites de la connaissance en sciences sociales : l'explication mise en cause. Académie royale de Belgique: Bruxelles, 2015. 978-2-8031-0494-9. 88 p. pages. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/170504

2. Le Gallo, Julie; Thomas, Isabelle. Espace, Statistique et économétrie: progrès et défis en science régionale. Armand Colin: Malakoff, 2015. 9782200929817. 387 pages. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/179685