Methods for Multilevel Analysis and Visualisation of Geographical Networks

1. Introduction
Céline Rozenblat, Guy Melançon

Part I. Concepts and Visualizations of Multilevel Spatial Networks

2. A Small World Perspective on Urban Systems
Céline Rozenblat, Guy Melançon

3. Topological Clustering for Geographical Networks
Jean-François Gleyze

4. Theoretical Models of Time-Space: The Role of Transport Networks in the Shrinking and Shrivelling of Geographical Space
Alain L’Hostis

Part II. Tools for Networks Analysis

5. Structural Analysis of Networks
Guy Melançon, Céline Rozenblat

6. Graph Visualization For Geography
Antoine Lambert, Romain Bourqui, David Auber

7. Exploring Hierarchies Using the DAGMap
Pierre-Yves Koenig

Part III. Empirical Studies of Spatial Multilevel Networks

8. Ports in a World Maritime System: A Multilevel Analysis
César Ducruet

9. Comparing Multilevel Clustering Methods on Weighted Graphs: The Case of Worldwide Air Passenger Traffic 2000–2004
Céline Rozenblat, Guy Melançon, Romain Bourqui, David Auber

10. Multilevel Analysis of Corporations Networks: A Comparison Between Agro-Food and Automobile Strategies for Urban Development
Charles Bohan, Bérengère Gautier

11. The Capture and Diffusion of Knowledge Spillovers: The Influence of the Position of Cities in a Network
Marie-Noëlle Comin

12. Defining Polycentric Urban Areas Through Commuting Cohesion in France
Patrice Tissandier, Trung Tien Phan Quang, Daniel Archambault

Keywords: Social Sciences, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Human Geography, Quantitative Geography, Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics