Bassins résidentiels en Belgique : deux méthodes, une réalité ?
(2018) L’espace géographique — Vol. 47, n° 1, p. 35-50 (2018)
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Thomas, Isabelle 
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- (en) Residential basins in Belgium: Two methods, one reality? Migration flows are often used to capture the spatial organization of territories. With the explosive growth of large databases and information technologies, new tools (methods and data) are now available for researchers. Two spatial partitioning methods are here compared: Anabel (developed by INSEE) and the Louvain method (anchored in data sciences). The aim is to compare their advantages and disadvantages, while providing a critical geographical understanding of the results. Two databases are used: A theoretical and a real world data set (inter-communal migrations in Belgium, excluding the intramunicipal migrations). Results remind us that partitioning space is not a trivial exercise, that the results depend strongly on the methods and thresholds used, and that decisions related to the partitioning of a territory should always be done in a cautious and informed manner.
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Adam, A., Charlier, J., Debuisson, M., Duprez, J.-P., Reginster, I., & Thomas, I. (2018). Bassins résidentiels en Belgique : deux méthodes, une réalité ? L’espace géographique, 47(1), 35-50. https://doi.org/10.3917/eg.471.0035 (Original work published 2018)