COMMUTING, HIERARCHY AND NETWORKING: THE CASE OF FLANDERS

Nathalie van Nuffel and Pieter Saey

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 2005, vol. 96, issue 3, 313-327

Abstract: This paper presents an approach for extending the study of networking to areas other than daily urban systems. It examines whether key policy concepts of the Flanders Spatial Structure Plan fit in with the geographical structuring reflected in the spatial structure of commuting. The overall pattern of commuting flows is analysed by means of the degree of polarisation, determined on the basis of the number of significant flows and the convergence between two divisions in commuting zones. The development of multi‐nodal patterns on the local and regional level is investigated by consideration of the degree of nodality and openness. In general, the spatial pattern of commuting corresponds to the structure of the overall urban system in Flanders as described in terms of fully developed and fragmental Christaller patterns. Networking has created the three types of urban system already described in the literature; a further fourth type can be recognised.

Date: 2005
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