Method

The main objective of this work package coordinated by ULB is to fulfil objective C (functional Europe) through the production of a framework sketching the divisions of the world following the different types of flows and structures. The analysis of political networks revealed by UN votes will also complete objective B (Political Europe) on a quantitative basis. This work will be achieved through various statistical methods regarding the problematiques we are dealing with.

We use here different databases in three major fields: economy, demography and policy. The main sources are mentionned in the table. In this part, we briefly describe the main databases used in the analysis of flows across the world.

Method

In the original formulation proposed by Nyusten & Dacey (***) a spatial unit is dominated by as spatial unit  j if and only if two conditions are fulfilled : (a) the maximum flow send by i is directed toward j and (b) the total sum of in-flows from j is greater than the total sum of in-flows from i.