MoveScape: toward an integrated study of movement, pathways and settlement dynamics

International audienceSettlement patterns and path networks represent different but connected perspectives on human-environment interaction through movement, manifested through the appropriation and organisation of landscape by societies. Settlement patterns and path networks evolve with out of sync temporalities, but nevertheless are in constant interaction, rendering holistic territorial studies challenging. When analysing path networks in the context of territories, the questions are usually related to origins, variations, and duration over time. Why and when were the paths created, how long did they persist, and at what level of intensity were they used? In this presentation we discuss the theoretical and methodological implications of an integrated study of movement, pathways and settlement dynamics. What concepts can successfully link these fields of study? What is needed to study the co-evolution of path networks and settlements patterns at different temporal and spatial scales