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Accessibility to freight transport networks in Belgium: a geographical approach

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  • Isabelle Thomas
  • Jean‐Pierre Hermia
  • Thierry Vanelslander
  • Ann Verhetsel

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This paper focuses on the role of transportation infrastructure in freight accessibility from a sustainable and multi‐modal perspective. Several accessibility measures are applied separately yet simultaneously to water, rail and road transportation systems. It appears that the transportation system is structuring the Belgian space geographically and topographically (inertia of space due to transportation infrastructure), but that economic activities are less associated with transporta‐tion systems than with the population. This means that either economic activities are footloose, or that there is a major discrepancy between transportation infrastructure and economic locations. Land‐use planners should be aware of this when making decisions about the mobility of the future.

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  • Isabelle Thomas & Jean‐Pierre Hermia & Thierry Vanelslander & Ann Verhetsel, 2003. "Accessibility to freight transport networks in Belgium: a geographical approach," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 94(4), pages 424-438, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:tvecsg:v:94:y:2003:i:4:p:424-438
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9663.00271
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    1. Verhetsel, Ann & Kessels, Roselinde & Goos, Peter & Zijlstra, Toon & Blomme, Nele & Cant, Jeroen, 2015. "Location of logistics companies: a stated preference study to disentangle the impact of accessibility," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 110-121.
    2. George VAN GASTEL & François COPPENS & Hilde MEERSMAN & Nathalie SELLEKAERTS & Eddy VAN DE VOORDE & Thierry VANELSLANDER & Ann VERHETSEL, 2010. "Economic Impact of Port Activity: A Disaggregate Analysis. The Case of Antwerp," Regional and Urban Modeling 284100044, EcoMod.
    3. F. Coppens & F. Lagneaux & G. van Gastel & H. Meersman & N. Sellekaerts & E. Van de Voorde & Th. Vanelslander & A. Verhetsel, 2007. "Economic impact of port activity : a disaggregate analysis. The case of Antwerp," Working Paper Document 110, National Bank of Belgium.
    4. Khalili, Fatemeh Bagheri & Antunes, António Pais & Mohaymany, Afshin Shariat, 2020. "Evaluating interregional freight accessibility conditions through the combination of centrality and reliability measures," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    5. Vandenbulcke, Grégory & Steenberghen, Thérèse & Thomas, Isabelle, 2009. "Mapping accessibility in Belgium: a tool for land-use and transport planning?," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 17(1), pages 39-53.
    6. Jourquin, Bart, 2021. "Integrate an accessibility measure in the modal choice of strategic freight transport models," LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE 2021031, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
    7. Justus Uitermark & Michiel van Meeteren, 2021. "Geographical Network Analysis," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 112(4), pages 337-350, September.
    8. van den Heuvel, Frank P. & Rivera, Liliana & van Donselaar, Karel H. & de Jong, Ad & Sheffi, Yossi & de Langen, Peter W. & Fransoo, Jan C., 2014. "Relationship between freight accessibility and logistics employment in US counties," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 91-105.
    9. Rivera-Gonzalez, Carlos & Amaral, Julia C., 2024. "Assessment of freight accessibility in New York City: A spatial-temporal approach," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).

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