ULB Research ⤶	Description of the Unit	Projects of the Unit	Composition
Collaborations of the Unit	Protected technologies	Publications	Skills

Applied geography and geomarketing (GAG)

Faculty of Sciences | IGEAT - Institute for Geography, Environment and Land planning

Interfaculty institutes | iiTSE: Inter-faculty institute for socio-ecological transformations

(Code: ULB538)

► Economic geography of Belgium and Europe.

PAI - Autres ministères fédéraux - Financement de base institutionnel - Fonds propres (patrimoine).

Macro-geographic analysis of the shaping and the evolution of the Belgian and European spaces based upon the use of exhaustive data bases on employment ...

► Differenciations and Spatial structures of Belgium at the level of town districts.

PAI - Région wallonne - Région bruxelloise - Autres fonds publics belges.

Analysis of the demographic, social and economic differenciation of the neighbourhoods in Belgium, of their structures and of the flows they generate ( ...

► Analysis of the regional socio-economic structures and their relationships to the investment dynamics.

Entreprises privées.

Analysis of the relationships between the sub-regional investment dynamics and the social, economic, entrepreneurial and political structures.

► Analysis of the location and influence of public facilities and services (hospitals, schools,...) and of the flows they generate.

Initiatives ministérielles et autres Communauté française - Entreprises privées.

Analysis of the flows generated by the different types of public facilities in order to determine for instance the interregional transfers resulting fr ...

► Comparative studies of the big European cities and modelling of the urban phenomena.

Région bruxelloise - Autres U.E. - Financement de base institutionnel - Fonds propres (patrimoine).

Socio-economic analysis of the European urban spaces. Comparison between the big European cities as to boundaries and spatial structures by developing  ...

► Analysis of land and estate markets.

Région wallonne.

Creation of a land and estate data bank at commune level starting from the real estate classified ads (Walloon Housing Observatory). Analysis of supply ...

► Commerce geography and urbanism

Autres ministères fédéraux - Région bruxelloise - Entreprises privées.

The geomarketing cell leads its basic and applied research on the commercial structures, their economic, social and legal framework and their hierarchi ...

► Geomarketing and enterprise localizations.

Région bruxelloise - Entreprises privées.

The geomarketing team within the unit works in the field of retail and services geography.  The cell contributes to the understanding of social and eco ...

► Land planning in Belgium and in Europe.

Région wallonne - Région bruxelloise - Autres U.E..

Analysis of the relationships between regional economic development and land planning in Belgium. Study of Wallonia's strategic plans. Thematic mapping ...

► Land developmet plans in Belgium.

Région wallonne - Région bruxelloise - Autres fonds publics belges.

Achievement, in collaboration with other IGEAT units, or participation in the achievement of land development plans at the level of the Regions (PRAS)  ...

► Analysis of urban regeneration policies.

F.R.S.-FNRS et Fonds associés (hors FRIA) - Autres ministères fédéraux - Initiatives ministérielles et autres Communauté française - Région bruxelloise.

Splitting up of the urban territory into typological zones and study of their dynamics. Particular care for gentrification questions and problem areas.

► Production of public areas within the post-Fordist cities.

F.R.S.-FNRS et Fonds associés (hors FRIA).

Comparative analysis between the management types of planning and use the urban space representative of the post-Fordist town management in two North-E ...

► Population Geography and Demography

Financement de base institutionnel.

Analysis of the spatial differentiation of the demographic behaviours and structures, mainly at Belgian and European level, and search for the factors  ...

► Electoral geography of Belgium and Europe.

Financement de base institutionnel - Fonds propres (patrimoine).

Systematic analysis on a very thin spatial scale and mapping of the Belgian and European electoral results on the basis of the parties belonging to dif ...

► Transport geography and mobility.

Autres ministères fédéraux - Région bruxelloise - Entreprises privées.

Analysis of mobility through land planning studies related to mobility (impact studies of the Brussels RER, TGV-Zaventem Airport interconnection) and o ...