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It was at the Karlstad University library in the year 2008 when the light bulb moment struck. The Anselin's book on spatial analysis came into my hands and stayed with me until today. The day of completing the last chapter. The day of bringing the thesis to an end.   It never crossed my mind that I'd go live in another country. But as unlikely as it was, once I went, I never looked back. After living and studying in Poland, Sweden, Spain, and Germany. It was France which conquered my heart. Yet, our love was laborious, demanding, and grueling. Exactly seven years now living in Paris. That journey, from a  mute new expat to an  eventually quite fluent (or let's use with impunity a word O.K.) French speaker, from knowing nobody to saying Hi! to all the "boulangers" and butchers on my street,   from wolfing down donuts to relishing the French Pâtisserie with a capital letter,  from being airy-fairy to becoming a serious mother.    That journey would not be the same without a couple of people met on its way.  To Prof. André de Palma. Oh! I have already struck without even sending a warning signal. So yes, the first "Thank you" goes to this distinct, yet very particular, professor for being demanding the way he is and for making me stay in Paris after my master program ended up and my adult life began; Next, I send all my gratitude to all the Seventh EU Framework Program SustainCity Project members, mentioning Saif in particular, with whom I shared the desk at the E.N.S. Cachan office and without whom playing music at 7 P.M. while taking a break from work would not be fun otherwise.   No thesis would be accomplished without the following smaller and bigger personae. I am indebted to: 

My idol, Prof. LeSage who I had a tremendous honor to meet and to talk to about my research, whose comments helped clarify my own thinking, and who almost convinced me that Bayesian analysis is the remedy to all the World's problems;  Prof. Krzysztof Malaga, a definition of hard work and a great example to students.  Nicolas, with whom looking for new ideas and writing articles was an unspeakable joy of creation, for staying attentive and excited after not closing an eye during a couple of nights. Not an easy task to be a multi-task young father-researcher.  Matthieu Slowly heading to an end of dedication, I will definitely not forget to thank:   Nicolas, with whom looking for new ideas and writing articles was an unspeakable joy of creation, for staying attentive and excited after not closing an eye during a couple of nights. It is not an easy task to be a multi-task young father-researcher;  Matthieu,  the best supervisor you could imagine to work with, to whom I have a huge respect for not only being a great professional mentor, but especially a great human. human;  Jean-Loup, the thesis director;  and all the PhD Committee members for your time and patience while reading this thesis.  Finally, I am most deeply thankful to the closest ones: