Jean-Christophe FOLTETE

Je suis professeur de géographie à l'université de Franche-Comté, spécialisé dans l'analyse du paysage dans ses dimensions visible et écologique, à partir de méthodes modélisatrices. Mes travaux portent essentiellement sur :

• la modélisation des réseaux écologiques
• les liens entre aménagement et préservation de la biodiversité
• l'évaluation de la composante paysagère du cadre de vie
• la modélisation de la visibilité du paysage

Prix du PREDIT obtenu en octobre 2013 pour le programme GRAPHAB

• Pilotage de projets scientifiques : Réaumur, Refuge, VisoScape, Graphab2, Campagraphe, Rhino-URB, Paysage et biodiversité en Franche-Comté, Graphab1, Structures urbaines, offres de transport et comportement de mobilité.
• Conception et valorisation du logiciel Graphab
• Encadrement : 12 thèses (10 soutenues, 2 en cours), 4 postdoctorats
• Membre invité dans 27 jurys de thèse et HDR
• 83 relectures d'articles en revues

Foltête J.C., Vuidel G., 2025. Landscape graphs as tools for modelling and managing spatial ecological networks: current limits and new challenges. Environmental Modelling and Software 193: 106594.

Foltête J.C., Martin F.M., Vuidel G., Ropars L., 2025. How the built environment influences pollinator diversity in urban landscapes: an analysis of French cities using participative data. Sustainable Cities and Society 118: 106041.

Bopp E., Houot H., Vuidel G., Pujol S., Bernard N., Comby E., Mauny F., Foltête J.C., 2024. Is compensation a myth? Modelling the use of public and private urban green spaces in relation to the geographical context. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 101: 128152.

Savary P., Clauzel C., Foltête J.C., Vuidel G., Girardet X., Bourgeois M., Martin F.M., Ropars L., Garnier S., 2024. Multiple habitat graphs: how connectivity brings forth landscape ecological processes. Landscape Ecology 39: 168.

Foltête J.C, Savary P., Clauzel C., Bourgeois M., Girardet X., Sahraoui Y., Vuidel G., Garnier S., 2020. Coupling landscape graph modeling and biological data: A review. Landscape Ecology 35: 1035-1052.

Foltête J.C., Ingensand J., Blanc N. 2020. Coupling crowd-sourced imagery and visibility modelling to identify landscape preferences at the panorama level. Landscape and Urban Planning 197: 103756.

Foltête JC, 2019. How ecological networks could benefit from landscape graphs: a response to the paper by Spartaco Gippoliti and Corrado Battisti. Land Use Policy 80: 391-394.

Foltête J.C., Vuidel G., 2017. Using landscape graphs to delineate ecologically functional areas. Landscape Ecology 32: 249-263.

Foltête J.C., Couval G., Fontanier M., Vuidel G., Giraudoux P., 2016. A graph-based approach to defend agro-ecological systems against water vole outbreaks. Ecological Indicators 71: 87-98.

Sahraoui Y., Clauzel C., Foltête J.C., 2016. Spatial modelling of landscape aesthetic potential in urban-rural fringes. Journal of Environmental Management 181: 623-636.

Mimet A., Clauzel C., Foltête J.C., 2016. Locating wildlife crossings for multispecies connectivity across linear infrastructures. Landscape Ecology 31: 1955-1973.

Tannier C., Bourgeois M., Houot H., Foltête J.C., 2016. Impact of urban developments on the functional connectivity of forested habitats: a joint contribution of advanced urban models and landscape graphs. Land Use Policy 52: 76-91.

Foltête J.C., Girardet X., Clauzel C., 2014. A methodological framework for the use of landscape graphs in land-use planning. Landscape and Urban Planning 124: 140-150.

Foltête J.C., Clauzel C., Vuidel G., 2012. A software tool dedicated to the modelling of landscape networks. Environmental Modelling and Software 38: 316-327.

Foltête J.C., Piombini A., 2007. Urban layout, landscape features and pedestrian usage. Landscape and Urban Planning 81: 225-234.

Consulter mes publications

Jean-Christophe Foltête is a professor of geography at the University of Franche-Comté. He specialises in the analysis of landscape structures, both their cultural (visibility and spatial amenities) and natural (landscape ecology) dimensions. His work is for the main on:

• modelling ecological networks
• the linkages between territorial planning, agro-ecological devices and the conservation of biodiversity
• the evaluation of the landscape component of living environment
• modelling visible landscape

• Research supervision accreditation in 2006
• PhD in 1998

• Professor at Franche-Comté University since 2007
• Lecturer at Franche-Comté University from 1998 to 2007
• Temporary teaching and research staff at Franche-Comté University from 1997 to 1998

PREDIT award in October 2013 for the GRAPHAB program

• Director of UMR ThéMA since January 2012
• Member of National Commitee for Scientific Research (CoNRS section 39) from 2016
• Deputy director of Maison des Sciences de l'Homme et de l'Envrionnement (MSHE) 'Claude-Nicolas Ledoux', USR 3124, from 2013 to 2015
• Head of 'Environment, resources and landscapes' centre of MSHE Ledoux from 2009 to 2015
• Member of LETS doctoral school executive committee from 2013 to 2016

• Leadership of current scientific programmes: VisoScape
• Leadership of completed scientific programmes: GRAPHAB2, CAMPAGRAPHE, Landscape dynamics and ecological potential of the Franche-Comté regionRhino-URB, Landscape and biodiversity in Franche-Comté, GRAPHAB1, Urban structures, transport provision and mobility behaviour
• Thesis supervision: one current, six completed
• Member of eight thesis committees
• Guest member on twelve thesis and accreditation examining panels
• Reviewer of articles for the journals: Applied Geography, Landscape and Urban Planning, Landscape Ecology, Land Use Policy, Ecological Indicators, Ecography, Journal of Environmental Management, Biological Conservation, Conservation Biology, Ecological Modelling, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Environment, Development and Sustainability, Cybergéo, Revue Internationale de Géomatique, Les Cahiers Scientifiques du Transport, Revue d'Economie Régionale et Urbaine
  

Sahraoui Y., Clauzel C., Foltête J.C., 2021. A metrics-based approach for modeling covariation of visual and ecological landscape qualities. Ecological Indicators 123: 107331.

Foltête J.C., Ingensand J., Blanc N. 2020. Coupling crowd-sourced imagery and visibility modelling to identify landscape preferences at the panorama level. Landscape and Urban Planning 197: 103756.

Foltête J.C, Savary P., Clauzel C., Bourgeois M., Girardet X., Sahraoui Y., Vuidel G., Garnier S., 2020. Coupling landscape graph modeling and biological data: A review. Landscape Ecology 35: 1035-1052.

Foltête J.C., 2019. How ecological networks could benefit from landscape graphs: a response to the paper by Spartaco Gippoliti and Corrado Battisti. Land Use Policy 80: 391-394

Sahraoui Y., Vuidel G., Joly D., Foltête J.C., 2018. Integrated GIS software for computing landscape visibility metrics. Transactions in GIS 22: 1310-1323.

Foltête J.C., Vuidel G., 2017. Using landscape graphs to delineate ecologically functional areas. Landscape Ecology 32: 249-263.

Foltête J.C., Couval G., Fontanier M., Vuidel G., Giraudoux P., 2016. A graph-based approach to defend agro-ecological systems against water vole outbreaks. Ecological Indicators 71: 87-98.

Foltête J.C., Litot J.B., 2015. Scenic postcards as objects for spatial analysis of tourist regions. Tourism Management 49: 17-28.

Foltête J.C., Girardet X., Clauzel C., 2014. A methodological framework for the use of landscape graphs in land-use planning. Landscape and Urban Planning, 124: 140-150.

Foltête J.C., Clauzel C., Vuidel G., 2012. A software tool dedicated to the modelling of landscape networks. Environmental Modelling and Software, 38: 316-327.

Foltête J.C., Piombini A., 2007. Urban layout, landscape features and pedestrian usage. Landscape and Urban Planning 81: 225-234.