Les dynamiques spatiales des mutations démographiques en Belgique depuis le XIXe siècle : quelles permanences géographiques entre la première et la seconde transition démographique ?

International audience ; Like most Western countries, Belgium has experienced two major waves of demographic change. The first one is the fertility transition that was initiated during the 19th century, and the second one is related to contemporary changes in family behaviours. The literature has shown that these two processes are spatially propagated according to a spatial diffusion model. This paper proposes to study the similarities and differences in the geographical patterns of the first fertility transition and the second demographic transition in Belgium. We choose the geographical leve... Mehr ...