Quantitative Geography

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. Trabelsi, Sonia; Casas Ruiz, Lidia; Nemery, Benoit; Thomas, Isabelle. Geography of medication reimbursements in Belgium: an exploratory analysis. In: CyberGeo : revue européenne de géographie, , no.982 (2021). doi:10.4000/cybergeo.36950. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/248448

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Quesada Perez, José Miguel; Tancrez, Jean-Sébastien; Lange, Jean-Charles. Express Shipment Service Network Design with Complex Routes. In: Computers & Operations Research, Vol. 114, p. 104810 (2020). doi:10.1016/j.cor.2019.104810 (Accepté/Sous presse). http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/220531

9. Nagant, Carole; Barbezange, Cyril; Dedeken, Laurence; Besse-Hammer, Tatiana; Mahadeb, Bhavna; Efira, André; Ferster, Alice; Corazza, Francis; Krammer, Florian; Thomas, Isabelle. Alteration of humoral, cellular and cytokine immune response to inactivated influenza vaccine in patients with Sickle Cell Disease. In: PLOS ONE, Vol. 14, no. 10, p. e0223991 (2019). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0223991. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/230799

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. Quesada Perez, José Miguel; Lange, Jean-Charles; Tancrez, Jean-Sébastien. A Multi-Hub Express Shipment Service Network Design Model with Flexible Hub Assignment. In: Transportation Research. Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 120, p. 116-131 (2018). doi:10.1016/j.tre.2018.10.009. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/204300

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. Vandenbulcke-Plasschaert, Gregory; Int Panis, Luc; Thomas, Isabelle. On the location of reported and unreported cycling accidents: a spatial network analysis for Brussels. In: Cybergeo: European Journal of Geography. Systèmes, Modélisation, Géostatistiques, no. 818 (2017). doi:10.4000/cybergeo.28073. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/185077

27. Médard de Chardon, Cyrille; Caruso, Geoffrey; Thomas, Isabelle. Bicycle sharing system 'success' determinants. In: Transportation Research. Part A: Policy & Practice, Vol. 100, p. 202-214 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.tra.2017.04.020. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/184534

28. Jones, Jonathan; Cloquet, Christophe; Adam, Arnaud; Decuyper, Adeline; Thomas, Isabelle. Belgium through the lens of rail travel requests: does geography still matter?. In: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, Vol. 5, p. 216 (2016). doi:10.3390/ijgi5110216. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/191301

29. 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

30. Médard de Chardon, Cyrille; Caruso, Geoffrey; Thomas, Isabelle. Bike-share rebalancing strategies, patterns, and purpose. In: Journal of Transport Geography, Vol. 55, p. 22-39 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.07.003. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/177130

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. Casas, Lidia; Thomas, Isabelle; Nawrot, Tim; Bouland, Catherine; Deboosere, Patrick; Van Nieuwenhuyse, An; Nemery, Benoit. Impact of green/blue spaces on specific morbidity and cause-specific mortality in Belgium: the GRESP-HEALTH project protocol (2015-2019). In: Archives of Public Health, Vol. 73, no. Suppl 1, p. P16 (2015). doi:10.1186/2049-3258-73-S1-P16. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/167911

37. 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

38. 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

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. 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

7. 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

8. Cabrita, Inès; Gayda, Sylvia; Hurtubia, Ricardo; Efthymiou, Dimitrios; Thomas, Isabelle; Peeters, Dominique; Jones, Jonathan. Integrated land use and transport microsimulation for Brussels. In: Integrated Transport and Land Use Modeling for Sustainable Cities , EPFL Press / Routledge, 2015, p. 373-411. 978-0-415-72910-9. xxx xxx. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/168044

9. Degraeuwe, Bart; de Geus, Bas; Thomas, Isabelle. Cycling behaviour and collision risk of utilitarian cyclists in Belgium. In: Cycling Futures: From Research into Practice , Ashgate Publishing: Farnham, 2015, p. 33-51. 978-1472453617. xxx xxx. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/168046

10. Willems, Hanny; Degraeuwe, Bart; de Geus, Bas; Vandenbulcke, Grégory; Thomas, Isabelle. Exposure to Particulate Matter in Traffic when Cycling. In: Cycling Futures: From Research into Practice , Ashgate Publishing: Farnham, 2015, p. 53-70. 978-1472453617. xxx xxx. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/168045

11. Thomas, Isabelle. Géographie économique. In: Encyclopaedia Universalis , xxx, 2015. 978-2-8522-9551-3. xxx xxx. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/168037

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. 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

4. 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

5. Jones, Jonathan; Peeters, Dominique; Thomas, Isabelle. Scale Effect in a LUTI Model of Brussels: Challenges for Policy Evaluation. 2016. 37 p. CORE Discussion Paper 2016/34. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/177131

6. 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

Books

1. 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