Serge Schmitz
Biographic Data
| ID | 136300 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Serge Schmitz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Serge |
| FAMILY NAME | Schmitz |
| SIGNATURE | SCHMITZ S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Liège |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3412-818X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The vulnerability of Central Africa’s estuarine population to forest degradation and coastal erosion
This study investigates how marginalized populations in Central Africa are affected by environmental degradation and coastal erosion, particularly at the Wouri estuary. Understanding these effects is crucial for vulnerable communities. The research employs a mixed-methods approach, combining geospatial analysis of coastal erosion with surveys of residents to assess vulnerability factors and their impact on quality of life. Findings show significa…
The Sense of Place of Local Mining Heritage in Wallonia
peer reviewed
Recycling our view on wastelands
A wasteland is a category of urban open space widely recognised as a resource. An apparently abandoned piece of land corresponds primarily to a space for discovery. Even if this is evident, a wasteland is generally considered from a mono-functional perspective. Research on the subject of wasteland is generally oriented towards the application of a single analysis, and this could lead to limitations of vision that are examined by this contribution…
How Visible Are the Valley Slopes in the City? A Viewshed Analysis in the Urban Agglomeration of Liège
Valley slope is a cultural and ecological resource of many cities that has gained attention in recent decades. Even if valley slopes are the background of numerous cities, they are scarcely considered by viewshed analysis. In urban areas, the focus is on the visibility of individual biotic or abiotic elements, such as trees or buildings, assessing the impact of isolated components rather than understanding the place’s topography. This contributio…
Local perception of climate change and adaptation in the highlands of Cameroon
Climate change in Africa is a significant concern for rural livelihoods. In this research, we compared the perception and adaptation of rural households in the Cameroonian highlands to recent climatic trends and identified factors shaping them. Results pointed out that perception of climate change and adaptation depended mainly on local knowledge. The analyses stressed the importance of spatial exposure and agricultural involvement, which are key…
Top-down and bottom-up initiatives for the Walloon landscapes and their inhabitants
Landscape protection implies selecting values for preservation and legitimising specific interests while potentially excluding others. Literature on landscape protection recognises the need to move beyond the expert-dominated conservationist paradigm. Based on an analysis of laws, decrees, charters, web documents and semi-structured interviews, this research examines the processes and results of public involvement in landscape protection in Wallo…
Accumulation by dispossession and hazardscape production in post-corporate gold mining in Itogon, Philippines
This study investigates the experience of a gold mining community two decades after corporate mining activities ceased and were replaced by informal subcontract small-scale mining in Itogon, Philippines. Drawing on David Harvey's accumulation by dispossession and Daanish Mustafa's hazardscape, we consider the lasting effects, from 1903, of dispossession upon the establishment of the first commercial mines in the Philippines as experienced by trad…
Towards a Development Model of Local Cultural Tourism Through the Involvement of Local Actors (Province of Constantine, Algeria)
Since the nineties, cultural tourism is considered as a form of tourism that is carried out by groups of people or institutions, whose main motive is the fulfillment of an interest and knowledge more on the culture, the history and the heritage of the chosen destination. The city of Constantine, located in northeastern Algeria, is one of the oldest cities in the Mediterranean basin. It was elected "Capital of Arab Culture 2015" due to its history…
Ecuadorian peasantries amidst the agri-food globalization
Using mobile data to evaluate unobserved tourist overnight stays
Does Local Rural Heritage Still Matter in a Global Urban World
peer reviewed
Suitability for agroforestry implementation around Itombwe Natural Reserve (RNI), eastern DR Congo
The choice of appropriate land use suitability based on specific environmental and socio-economic factors could ensure sustainable land resource management in rural areas. Different land use suitability assessment approaches exist and have been successfully applied for agroforestry systems, natural or semi-natural ecosystems. In this study, different land use suitability levels for agroforestry were assessed around the Itombwe Natural Reserve (RN…
The tourist on the farm
Reflexive loops on scaling issues in landscape quality assessment
Developing tourism products and new partnerships through participatory action research in rural Cameroon
At present, several obstacles to tourism development have been identified in developing countries. These include: poor infrastructure; shortage of facilities; a weak tourist image; a lack of know-how with regard to how to welcome visitors and market tourism services; and the scarcity of available capital. In the research reported on in this paper, we explore the involvement of microcredit institutions to alleviate these issues. Because tourism is…
Perceiving the Ordinary
Landscape researchers have devoted relatively little attention to ordinary or everyday landscapes. This paper investigates differences in opinion about the attractiveness of these landscapes between groups of people according to their linguistic area and other socio‐demographic characteristics. A survey of 1,542 Dutch and French speakers in B elgium using photo‐questionnaires depicted the different types of Belgian rural landscape. Significant di…
Du new urbanism au new ruralism
Le new ruralism est à la fois un nouveau concept développé par des chercheurs, principalement californiens, et un produit marketing qui «surfe» sur un renouveau de la vision de la ruralité dans une frange importante de la population américaine. Le new ruralism est la rencontre entre le courant urbanistique du smart growth et les recherches pour une agriculture durable. L’article présente et commente les réflexions et les premiers projets issus du…
Mobilités et temporalités
La question des relations entre mobilités et temporalités conjugue deux préoccupations contemporaines qui semblent s'alimenter l'une l'autre. D'une part la question des mobilités – et particulièrement des congestions liées aux mobilités – est inscrite à l'agenda politique depuis plus de vingt ans. D'autre part, la question du temps - du discours sur son « accélération » à celui sur son individualisation, semble émerger timidement depuis le début …
Mobilités, fluidités… Libertés
Mobilités, fluidités... libertés ? Nous nous déplaçons plus, plus vile et plus loin. Ces tendances lourdes interrogent les sciences sociales à plus d'un titre : la croissance des déplacements est-elle le reflet d'une transformation de la spatialisation des sociétés ? Est-elle la manifestation d'une fluidification sociale réductrice des inégalités ou, au contraire, serait-elle le signe de l'émergence de nouvelles formes de différentiations sociale…
La recherche de l'environnement pertinent
peer reviewed
Micro-analyse des mécanismes de la reprise démographique des villages de l'Ardenne du Nord-Est
Les études de cas à grande échelle peuvent, lorsqu'elles sont bien choisies, éclairer des mécanismes qui restent dans l'ombre ou sont difficiles à distinguer par des analyses à petite échelle. Les histoires des populations de Burtonville, replacées dans leur contexte régional, montrent : • les décalages (souvent gommés par les statistiques) de reprises démographiques entre les villages et les bourgs centres ; • l'importance des contraintes matéri…
Les transports post-mortem réinterprétation symbolique du lieu d'enterrement dans un contexte de mobilité des populations
Cet article est le résultat de l'étude de 10.000 permis d'inhumer. Il analyse les transferts des corps dans une région urbaine de 510.000 habitants et tente d'expliquer les motivations du choix du cimetière. Il met en évidence les relations entre les mobilités post-mortem, les différents niveaux des mobilités des populations et les cultures
The tourist on the farm
Accumulation by dispossession and hazardscape production in post-corporate gold mining in Itogon, Philippines
This study investigates the experience of a gold mining community two decades after corporate mining activities ceased and were replaced by informal subcontract small-scale mining in Itogon, Philippines. Drawing on David Harvey's accumulation by dispossession and Daanish Mustafa's hazardscape, we consider the lasting effects, from 1903, of dispossession upon the establishment of the first commercial mines in the Philippines as experienced by trad…
Ecuadorian peasantries amidst the agri-food globalization
Perceiving the Ordinary
Landscape researchers have devoted relatively little attention to ordinary or everyday landscapes. This paper investigates differences in opinion about the attractiveness of these landscapes between groups of people according to their linguistic area and other socio‐demographic characteristics. A survey of 1,542 Dutch and French speakers in B elgium using photo‐questionnaires depicted the different types of Belgian rural landscape. Significant di…
Does Local Rural Heritage Still Matter in a Global Urban World
peer reviewed
Developing tourism products and new partnerships through participatory action research in rural Cameroon
At present, several obstacles to tourism development have been identified in developing countries. These include: poor infrastructure; shortage of facilities; a weak tourist image; a lack of know-how with regard to how to welcome visitors and market tourism services; and the scarcity of available capital. In the research reported on in this paper, we explore the involvement of microcredit institutions to alleviate these issues. Because tourism is…
Top-down and bottom-up initiatives for the Walloon landscapes and their inhabitants
Landscape protection implies selecting values for preservation and legitimising specific interests while potentially excluding others. Literature on landscape protection recognises the need to move beyond the expert-dominated conservationist paradigm. Based on an analysis of laws, decrees, charters, web documents and semi-structured interviews, this research examines the processes and results of public involvement in landscape protection in Wallo…
Using mobile data to evaluate unobserved tourist overnight stays
Les transports post-mortem réinterprétation symbolique du lieu d'enterrement dans un contexte de mobilité des populations
Cet article est le résultat de l'étude de 10.000 permis d'inhumer. Il analyse les transferts des corps dans une région urbaine de 510.000 habitants et tente d'expliquer les motivations du choix du cimetière. Il met en évidence les relations entre les mobilités post-mortem, les différents niveaux des mobilités des populations et les cultures
La recherche de l'environnement pertinent
peer reviewed
Micro-analyse des mécanismes de la reprise démographique des villages de l'Ardenne du Nord-Est
Les études de cas à grande échelle peuvent, lorsqu'elles sont bien choisies, éclairer des mécanismes qui restent dans l'ombre ou sont difficiles à distinguer par des analyses à petite échelle. Les histoires des populations de Burtonville, replacées dans leur contexte régional, montrent : • les décalages (souvent gommés par les statistiques) de reprises démographiques entre les villages et les bourgs centres ; • l'importance des contraintes matéri…
Mobilités, fluidités… Libertés
Mobilités, fluidités... libertés ? Nous nous déplaçons plus, plus vile et plus loin. Ces tendances lourdes interrogent les sciences sociales à plus d'un titre : la croissance des déplacements est-elle le reflet d'une transformation de la spatialisation des sociétés ? Est-elle la manifestation d'une fluidification sociale réductrice des inégalités ou, au contraire, serait-elle le signe de l'émergence de nouvelles formes de différentiations sociale…
Mobilités et temporalités
La question des relations entre mobilités et temporalités conjugue deux préoccupations contemporaines qui semblent s'alimenter l'une l'autre. D'une part la question des mobilités – et particulièrement des congestions liées aux mobilités – est inscrite à l'agenda politique depuis plus de vingt ans. D'autre part, la question du temps - du discours sur son « accélération » à celui sur son individualisation, semble émerger timidement depuis le début …
Du new urbanism au new ruralism
Le new ruralism est à la fois un nouveau concept développé par des chercheurs, principalement californiens, et un produit marketing qui «surfe» sur un renouveau de la vision de la ruralité dans une frange importante de la population américaine. Le new ruralism est la rencontre entre le courant urbanistique du smart growth et les recherches pour une agriculture durable. L’article présente et commente les réflexions et les premiers projets issus du…
Perceiving the Ordinary
Landscape researchers have devoted relatively little attention to ordinary or everyday landscapes. This paper investigates differences in opinion about the attractiveness of these landscapes between groups of people according to their linguistic area and other socio‐demographic characteristics. A survey of 1,542 Dutch and French speakers in B elgium using photo‐questionnaires depicted the different types of Belgian rural landscape. Significant di…
Reflexive loops on scaling issues in landscape quality assessment
Developing tourism products and new partnerships through participatory action research in rural Cameroon
At present, several obstacles to tourism development have been identified in developing countries. These include: poor infrastructure; shortage of facilities; a weak tourist image; a lack of know-how with regard to how to welcome visitors and market tourism services; and the scarcity of available capital. In the research reported on in this paper, we explore the involvement of microcredit institutions to alleviate these issues. Because tourism is…
The tourist on the farm
Suitability for agroforestry implementation around Itombwe Natural Reserve (RNI), eastern DR Congo
The choice of appropriate land use suitability based on specific environmental and socio-economic factors could ensure sustainable land resource management in rural areas. Different land use suitability assessment approaches exist and have been successfully applied for agroforestry systems, natural or semi-natural ecosystems. In this study, different land use suitability levels for agroforestry were assessed around the Itombwe Natural Reserve (RN…
Towards a Development Model of Local Cultural Tourism Through the Involvement of Local Actors (Province of Constantine, Algeria)
Since the nineties, cultural tourism is considered as a form of tourism that is carried out by groups of people or institutions, whose main motive is the fulfillment of an interest and knowledge more on the culture, the history and the heritage of the chosen destination. The city of Constantine, located in northeastern Algeria, is one of the oldest cities in the Mediterranean basin. It was elected "Capital of Arab Culture 2015" due to its history…
Ecuadorian peasantries amidst the agri-food globalization
Using mobile data to evaluate unobserved tourist overnight stays
Does Local Rural Heritage Still Matter in a Global Urban World
peer reviewed
Accumulation by dispossession and hazardscape production in post-corporate gold mining in Itogon, Philippines
This study investigates the experience of a gold mining community two decades after corporate mining activities ceased and were replaced by informal subcontract small-scale mining in Itogon, Philippines. Drawing on David Harvey's accumulation by dispossession and Daanish Mustafa's hazardscape, we consider the lasting effects, from 1903, of dispossession upon the establishment of the first commercial mines in the Philippines as experienced by trad…
Local perception of climate change and adaptation in the highlands of Cameroon
Climate change in Africa is a significant concern for rural livelihoods. In this research, we compared the perception and adaptation of rural households in the Cameroonian highlands to recent climatic trends and identified factors shaping them. Results pointed out that perception of climate change and adaptation depended mainly on local knowledge. The analyses stressed the importance of spatial exposure and agricultural involvement, which are key…
Top-down and bottom-up initiatives for the Walloon landscapes and their inhabitants
Landscape protection implies selecting values for preservation and legitimising specific interests while potentially excluding others. Literature on landscape protection recognises the need to move beyond the expert-dominated conservationist paradigm. Based on an analysis of laws, decrees, charters, web documents and semi-structured interviews, this research examines the processes and results of public involvement in landscape protection in Wallo…
How Visible Are the Valley Slopes in the City? A Viewshed Analysis in the Urban Agglomeration of Liège
Valley slope is a cultural and ecological resource of many cities that has gained attention in recent decades. Even if valley slopes are the background of numerous cities, they are scarcely considered by viewshed analysis. In urban areas, the focus is on the visibility of individual biotic or abiotic elements, such as trees or buildings, assessing the impact of isolated components rather than understanding the place’s topography. This contributio…
The vulnerability of Central Africa’s estuarine population to forest degradation and coastal erosion
This study investigates how marginalized populations in Central Africa are affected by environmental degradation and coastal erosion, particularly at the Wouri estuary. Understanding these effects is crucial for vulnerable communities. The research employs a mixed-methods approach, combining geospatial analysis of coastal erosion with surveys of residents to assess vulnerability factors and their impact on quality of life. Findings show significa…
The Sense of Place of Local Mining Heritage in Wallonia
peer reviewed
Recycling our view on wastelands
A wasteland is a category of urban open space widely recognised as a resource. An apparently abandoned piece of land corresponds primarily to a space for discovery. Even if this is evident, a wasteland is generally considered from a mono-functional perspective. Research on the subject of wasteland is generally oriented towards the application of a single analysis, and this could lead to limitations of vision that are examined by this contribution…
Geography (13 works) · Political science (12 works) · Archaeology (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Agriculture (5 works) · French Urban and Social Studies (5 works) · Humanities (5 works) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (4 works) · Biology (4 works)