- I am teaching urban geography, social and economic geography of China, of Japan and of developing countries and the h... moreI am teaching urban geography, social and economic geography of China, of Japan and of developing countries and the history of geographical thought. My research covers the relations between urban space and economic change and the impact of urban environments on social integration and exclusion in Belgium, EU and China. I am co-editor of Belgeo, Belgian Journal of Geography. New research interests are land tenure, land reforms, food sovereignty and livelihood analysis in developing countries.edit
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L'etude commence par brosser un tableau des flux de l'immigration depuis la fin du XIXe siecle. Entre 1930 et 1991, la population etrangere connait une profonde mutation en matiere d'âge et de sexe. L'on observe une... more
L'etude commence par brosser un tableau des flux de l'immigration depuis la fin du XIXe siecle. Entre 1930 et 1991, la population etrangere connait une profonde mutation en matiere d'âge et de sexe. L'on observe une diminution ininterrompue de la surrepresentation des adultes mâles et des jeunes enfants et une structure par âge et sexe qui se rapproche de plus en plus de celle de la population autochtone. Les chercheurs ont elabore une typologie appropriee a la population etrangere, qui est a la base de leur analyse. Ils ont observe que le niveau d'enseignement est le plus bas chez les immigres naturalises des deuxieme et troisieme generations nees en Belgique, chez les vieux immigres (nes a l'etranger et toujours de nationalite etrangere) et chez les immigres recents (nes a l'etranger, toujours de nationalite etrangere mais arrives apres 1986 en Belgique). La plupart des etrangers vivent dans quatre zones typiques : les anciens bassins houillers, les grandes villes, les regions frontalieres et quelques enclaves dans les triangles Bruxelles-Anvers-Gand et Bruxelles-Mons-Namur. L'etude s'acheve sur une analyse detaillee de 6 grandes agglomerations : Anvers, Gand, Hasselt-Genk, Charleroi, Liege et Bruxelles.
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De studie begint met een overzicht van immigratiegolven vanaf het einde van de 19de eeuw. Van 1930 tot 1991 veranderden de leeftijds- en geslachtskenmerken van buitenlanders grondig. De sterke oververtegenwoordiging van mannelijke... more
De studie begint met een overzicht van immigratiegolven vanaf het einde van de 19de eeuw. Van 1930 tot 1991 veranderden de leeftijds- en geslachtskenmerken van buitenlanders grondig. De sterke oververtegenwoordiging van mannelijke volwassenen en jonge kinderen is gestadig verminderd en de leeftijds- en geslachtsstructuur groeit naar die van de Belgische bevolking toe. De onderzoekers werken een adequate typologie uit voor de allochtone bevolkingsgroep en voeren een analyse uit op basis van deze typologie. Zij stellen het laagste opleidingsniveau vast bij de genaturaliseerde immigranten (tweede en derde generatie, na hun geboorte als buitenlander in Belgie genaturaliseerd), de oude immigranten (in het buitenland geboren en nog steeds buitenlander) en de recente immigranten (in het buitenland geboren, nog steeds buitenlander maar na 1986 toegekomen in Belgie). De meeste buitenlanders wonen in 4 typische gebieden: de vroegere steenkoolbekkens, de grote steden, de grensgebieden en enkele tussengebieden in de driehoeken Brussel-Antwerpen-Gent en Brussel-Bergen-Namen. Een gedetailleerde analyse van de 6 stadsgewesten: Antwerpen, Gent, Hasselt-Genk, Charleroi, Luik en Brussel, sluit de studie af.
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En 2009, avec Bruxelles ! parait la premiere etude transversale du contexte urbain. Un debat sur l'avenir de Bruxelles est ouvert. Il va maintenant s'approfondir avec la discussion sur le projet de ville et la preparation des... more
En 2009, avec Bruxelles ! parait la premiere etude transversale du contexte urbain. Un debat sur l'avenir de Bruxelles est ouvert. Il va maintenant s'approfondir avec la discussion sur le projet de ville et la preparation des elections. Cette collection contient six essais prospectives sur la capitale belge et europeenne. Les themes suivants sont abordes : le boom demographique et la densification de la ville, scenarios pour un developpement durable, la dynamique economique, la dualisation sociogeographique de la ville, l'importance d'un imaginaire pour Bruxelles et puis les options pour une bonne planification regionale. Dans Ou va Bruxelles ? nos meilleurs experts donnent leur vision sur le futur de notre capitale.
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It is a popular belief that socio-spatial disparities have diminished compared to their levels in the past and compared to cities in market economies within socialist countries (French and Hamilton 1979). However, a new urban phenomenon —... more
It is a popular belief that socio-spatial disparities have diminished compared to their levels in the past and compared to cities in market economies within socialist countries (French and Hamilton 1979). However, a new urban phenomenon — social polarisation and spatial segregation — has taken place in Beijing since the implement of China’s economic reform and open-door policy in 1978, especially through the urban reforms since 1984. An enormous floating population began to migrate from rural to urban areas due to an erosion of the pillars of the migration controls, such as the employment system, the resident registration (Hukou) system, the grain rationing system, the urban housing system and so on (Chan 1994, Gaubatz 1995, Gong 1995). The original socialist equity in an urban classless society has taken a beating due to the large gap in the welfare system between the urban inhabitants and the rural population under the specially designated Chinese resident registration system. As a result the urban socio-spatial structure has been altered to fit in with the urban reform processes. The pace and the extent of changes have been rapid and substantial in the China’s capital city — Beijing. Four main periods or patterns are briefly summarised in this chapter to describe a shift in the orbit of Beijing’s socio-spatial structure.
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... ITEM METADATA RECORD. Title: De eeuw van de stad. Over stadsrepublieken en rastersteden. Editors: Boudry, L Cabus, Peter Corijn, E De Rynck, F Kesteloot, Christian Loeckx, André. Issue Date: 2003. Publisher: Ministerie van de Vlaamse... more
... ITEM METADATA RECORD. Title: De eeuw van de stad. Over stadsrepublieken en rastersteden. Editors: Boudry, L Cabus, Peter Corijn, E De Rynck, F Kesteloot, Christian Loeckx, André. Issue Date: 2003. Publisher: Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Brussel. ...
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... ITEM METADATA RECORD. Title: Turks and housing in Belgium, with special reference to Brussels, Ghent and Visé. Authors: Kesteloot, Christian De Decker, P Manco, A. Issue Date: 1997. Publisher: European Research centre on Migrationa... more
... ITEM METADATA RECORD. Title: Turks and housing in Belgium, with special reference to Brussels, Ghent and Visé. Authors: Kesteloot, Christian De Decker, P Manco, A. Issue Date: 1997. Publisher: European Research centre on Migrationa and ethnic relations, Utrecht. ...
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This paper concerns the changes in human geographical research over the last 20 years as far as the mainstream Anglo-Saxon publications are concerned. We contend that although a lot of continuity appears through the further co-existence... more
This paper concerns the changes in human geographical research over the last 20 years as far as the mainstream Anglo-Saxon publications are concerned. We contend that although a lot of continuity appears through the further co-existence of the three broad approaches in geography (regional, theoretical quantitative and radical), societal and scientific changes have brought new elements into geographical practice. They can be captured with four characteristics: human geography is holographic, ethnographic, constructivist and institutionalist. The two first characteristics are metaphors of the geographical empirical stance that seeks to unveil the whole within the parts and the symbolic order behind everyday practice. The two others are more essential and point to the fact that geography now explicitly examines the socio-spatial reality as a social product shaped by and reshaping human institutions. As a result geography has made a lot of progress. It uses more relevant concepts to eng...
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Unequal economic development in Belgium is often reduced to a mere change in the economic fortunes of Flanders and Wallonia. This image is then used to explain the federalization process. A closer look at the economic development of... more
Unequal economic development in Belgium is often reduced to a mere change in the economic fortunes of Flanders and Wallonia. This image is then used to explain the federalization process. A closer look at the economic development of Flanders and Wallonia, in its relation to the geography of demographic changes, yields a more complex process consisting of three stages. Nevertheless, this very process created different political hegemonies north and south of the linguistic frontier. This explains why unequal economic development was perceived in terms of Flanders and Wallonia and why this perception was politically effective. The present chapter gives a description of this unequal development and points to the geographical basis of the two political hegemonies.
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During the 1960s and early 1970s, suburbanization was the most important process shaping Brussels’ socio-spatial structure. Fordist accumulation was based on the distribution of productivity gains over profit and wage increases. As such,... more
During the 1960s and early 1970s, suburbanization was the most important process shaping Brussels’ socio-spatial structure. Fordist accumulation was based on the distribution of productivity gains over profit and wage increases. As such, growing mass production found a market in growing mass consumption. Houses, cars and consumer durables fuelled this growth. These goods required space and became visible because people bought or built houses on the urban fringe, commuted daily by car and accumulated consumer durables at home. Thus, suburbanization in Belgium was the spatial expression of Fordist economic growth. The changing class structure also supported the suburbanization process. Rising levels of education and the development of tertiary activities pushed the Belgian population into upward social mobility. The population of Brussels became increasingly middle class and could draw on its growing incomes to become the owner-occupiers of individual buildings of dwellings outside the city, in a green environment where land prices were affordable.
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Drawing on insights from social network theory, the socio-economic and cultural dimensions of intra-ethnic business networks are examined for the Gurage, an ethnic group in Ethiopia. This study also examines the extent of Chinese impacts... more
Drawing on insights from social network theory, the socio-economic and cultural dimensions of intra-ethnic business networks are examined for the Gurage, an ethnic group in Ethiopia. This study also examines the extent of Chinese impacts on the footwear industry of Ethiopia. A qualitative approach based on in-depth interviews was utilized in order to assess intra-ethnic business networks, while a quantitative approach, based on a cross-sectional survey, was employed to collect background data, to assess the impact of Chinese imports on local footwear producers and to identify potential cases for in-depth interviews. Gurage use ethnic networks to mobilize resources and opportunities, which in turn contributes to their success in the business. In response to the threats of Chinese imports on production activities and social capital of local footwear enterprises, firms downsized or stopped business, or resorted to other alternatives.
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Cette etude se base sur la possibilite de coupler, au niveau individuel, les donnees des recensements belges de 1991 et 2001, ainsi que des donnees similaires pour le Luxembourg, afin d’operer une analyse multidisciplinaire des inegalites... more
Cette etude se base sur la possibilite de coupler, au niveau individuel, les donnees des recensements belges de 1991 et 2001, ainsi que des donnees similaires pour le Luxembourg, afin d’operer une analyse multidisciplinaire des inegalites sociales. Pour ce faire, les inegalites sociales entre les individus, selon l’âge, le sexe et la nationalite (considerees comme 3 variables de controle), sont analysees a chaque recensement selon les caracteristiques suivantes : type et taille du menage, logement et environnement proche, niveau d'instruction, profession, sante. Cela permet de definir des groupes sociaux selon leur position au sein du continuum social. L’originalite de cette recherche repose sur les trois atouts principaux de la base de donnees : elle est exhaustive, disponible au niveau individuel et se prete a une approche longitudinale, ce qui permet d’explorer et de comprendre les inegalites sociales tant dans leur dimension temporelle que spatiale.