Valoriser les recherches du Groupe de Recherches Aériennes du Sud belge. Mise en oeuvre d'un site internet collaboratif de diffusion et d'interprétation.

Scientific conference (2012, August 26)

L'archéologie aérienne est à un tournant stratégique de son évolution. Confrontée à l'émergence de nouvelles technologies bouleversant la discipline, celle-ci doit proposer des outils innovants pour ... [more ▼]

L'archéologie aérienne est à un tournant stratégique de son évolution. Confrontée à l'émergence de nouvelles technologies bouleversant la discipline, celle-ci doit proposer des outils innovants pour pérenniser les bases de données photographiques et transformer cette information originale en connaissance scientifique. L'article présente un projet pilote du Groupe de Recherche Aérienne du Sud Belge qui souhaite mettre en œuvre une plateforme collaborative de diffusion et d'interprétation des clichés. [less ▲]

Diversity of governance in European cities: towards an indicators-based analysis of good governance?

Conference (2011)

Nowadays, the attractiveness of cities and metropolitan areas seems to be a central challenge for competitiveness, territorial cohesion and economic development on a European and regional scale (European ... [more ▼]

Nowadays, the attractiveness of cities and metropolitan areas seems to be a central challenge for competitiveness, territorial cohesion and economic development on a European and regional scale (European Commission, 2009). The interest carried by actors of territorial development on large urban areas and metropolises is essentially explained by their relative weight in regional economies and their role of catalyst for sustainable development. In the absence of competitive cities, many experts estimate that territories cannot completely develop their socio-economic potential. This report is one of the bases of the strategy for city polycentric systems recommended by the development scheme of the European Community space (SDEC - European Commission, 1999), renewed in many strategic European “papers”. This strategy rose during the last decades whereas the dynamic affecting urban areas was strongly modified by the increase in mobility through two scales. On one hand, the intra-urban scale refers to processes of exurbanisation, urban sprawl, as well as functional and institutional fragmentation. On the other hand, the interurban scale has shown phenomenons of metropolisation and an increase in exchanges between cities. Cities changes, networks and urban hierarchies which result from this dynamic, apply new tensions on urban areas - in particular the biggest of them. Theses tensions have to be answered to avoid any loss of competitiveness. In this context, the ‘good governance’ of urban areas is often presented like an essential factor for their development. It is necessary to understand through the notion of “governance” the definition from Le Galès (1995) that is “a process of coordination of actors, social groups, and institutions to achieve clear goals discussed and defined collectively in split up environments”. Thus, cities governance (but also networks of cities) acts on the whole “city system” through all its complexity. The predominant role of governance generally takes the shape of a postulate, as well in the scientific world as in the active and political discourse. Nevertheless, the relation between the governance of urban areas/ cities/ metropolises and their absolute versus relative evolution in networks is not a subject for abundant theoretical studies nor empirical validations. Considering its rasing importance within territorial development policies, it must be clarified allowing a new and quantified highlight on strategies of most important urban areas. While general objectives of urban “good governance” are clearly identified in many documents, concrete impacts of governance on the urban development are ambiguous and unclear. In addition, the definition of “good governance” is regularly paradigm-oriented and often dedicated to the third world or emergent countries (as heritage of many international organisations politic which promotes development and trade efficiency). Furthermore, it appears that former studies on European and North-American cities are relatively factual and suggest a poor typology of the governance in urban areas. They are consequently not very useful for the development of a conceptual model that associates competitiveness of cities and urban governance. Consequently, our research aims at considering the impacts of governance on cities and metropolises through a set of “keys to understanding” theoretically based. We lead our work to a critical analysis of literature in order to highlight expected interactions between governance and urban territories. The construction of a conceptual scheme of interactions will allow the identification of useful indicators of governance. The identification of a set of indicators to measure governance characteristics is valuable for an objective analysis in this field of research. It should allow more precise analyses and the construction of typologies that include multi-dimensional sides of governance. We will focus our attention on European metropolises and cities systems taking into account European specificities of towns, territories and political contexts. As described above, the study is based on reviewing the state-of-art of governance theories (transaction cost, path dependency, management efficiency, etc.) and on exploiting literature about cities competitiveness (characteristics of competitive cities, measurements...). Our conceptual development of a scheme of interactions between governance and urban territories will allow to deal with the issue of governance indicators. Our theory will be tested through samples of European cities (> 500.000 inhabitants). Existing databases will allow the processing of many indicators at the European scale. The choice of a set of indicators will be carried out on the basis of discriminating statistical analysis and conceptual model of interaction allowing the reduction of the variables number. The critical analysis will take into account papers from European Commission and national governments about “good governance” and “cities management”. [less ▲]

Voie romaine Arlon - Tongres, analyse géographique

Learning material (2010)

Panneaux didactiques de présentation de la publication "Analyse géographique d'une voie romaine : la section d'Arlon à Tongres" pour l'exposition à la Seigneurie d'Anhaive (Jambes) pour la période du 30 ... [more ▼]

Panneaux didactiques de présentation de la publication "Analyse géographique d'une voie romaine : la section d'Arlon à Tongres" pour l'exposition à la Seigneurie d'Anhaive (Jambes) pour la période du 30 avril au 30 mai 2010. Réalisé dans le cadre de la remise du Prix Robert Beaujean 2009 géré par la Fondation Roi Baudouin. [less ▲]

Territorial reconversion and territorial knowledge: added-value of a territorial intelligence process in Flémalle (Belgium)

Conference (2009)

Our communication aims at spreading the participative approach implemented in Flémalle (“new governorship”), but also at discussing the contribution of the theorical and applied research undertaken within ... [more ▼]

Our communication aims at spreading the participative approach implemented in Flémalle (“new governorship”), but also at discussing the contribution of the theorical and applied research undertaken within the framework of the coordination action of the European Network of Territorial Intelligence for local projects (NTIC, participation, animation, analyzes….), the objective is to measure its added-value and transposability within territories of industrial tradition in a context of financial and temporal limitations. [less ▲]

La géographie, ça sert, d'abord, à faire le Monde

in Bulletin de la Société Géographique de Liège (2009), 52

The geography is directly confronted with the societies’ problems, which it tries to answer by using its particular point of view. Specificities of the discipline generate innovation and at same time pose ... [more ▼]

The geography is directly confronted with the societies’ problems, which it tries to answer by using its particular point of view. Specificities of the discipline generate innovation and at same time pose a permanent epistemological questioning, which makes the orientation of the young geographers particularly complex. [less ▲]

Emergence of a territory project for the districts of huy and Waremme (Belgium): tools, participation and construction

in International Conference of Territorial Information. Papers on Tools and Methods of Territorial Intelligence. (2009)

The emergence of a territory project built and shared by the actors implies the use of special methods which make it possible to transcend the private interest for the benefit of a territorialized ... [more ▼]

The emergence of a territory project built and shared by the actors implies the use of special methods which make it possible to transcend the private interest for the benefit of a territorialized community good. The example of the territorial project for the districts of Huy and Waremme (Belgium, 2007) makes it possible to put forward useful and diversified methods to cause and frame the debates, while taking into account the number, the representativeness and the diversity of the actors in a strongly diversified territory. It deals with the integration of the territorial observation in a territories development process and in the confrontation of the theoretical and pragmatic approaches. [less ▲]

Territorial information, shapefiles and indicators accessibles for actors until commune and infra communal levels

in Papers on Tools and Methodes of Territorial Information (2009)

This article presents the carried out researches within the framework of the creation of an indicators gate for the local actors. We evaluate in this one the accessible territorial data for the actors ... [more ▼]

This article presents the carried out researches within the framework of the creation of an indicators gate for the local actors. We evaluate in this one the accessible territorial data for the actors, and the cartographic files of the administrative or statistical entities to represent them. We analyze the sources of information, and determine its accessibility in the various countries of the European Union. We moreover deal with problems of the relevant territorial scales and cartographic representation of the data. [less ▲]

Communauté Urbaine de Liège : Analyse rétrospective et prospective d'une Arlésienne

Master's dissertation (2008)

Analyse de la dialectique entre les institutions métropolitaines et la planification territoriale à partir du cas d'analyse de la Communauté urbaine de Liège. L'analyse se veut à la fois rétrospective et ... [more ▼]

Analyse de la dialectique entre les institutions métropolitaines et la planification territoriale à partir du cas d'analyse de la Communauté urbaine de Liège. L'analyse se veut à la fois rétrospective et prospective, et compare la problématique aux cas internationaux. [less ▲]

Participative construction of a territorial strategy: Analysis of an action strategic plan for the arrondissements of Huy and Waremme

in Wilhelm, Zoltan; Filo, Csilla (Eds.) International Conference of Territorial Information. Papers on Information, Indicators and Tools. (2008)

L'article retrace les principes de mise en oeuvre d'une stratégie concertée pour les arrondissements de Huy et de Waremme. Il se fonde sur une approche d'Intelligence Territoriale, par définition ... [more ▼]

L'article retrace les principes de mise en oeuvre d'une stratégie concertée pour les arrondissements de Huy et de Waremme. Il se fonde sur une approche d'Intelligence Territoriale, par définition participative. [less ▲]