Torben Birch-Thomsen

Torben Birch-Thomsen

Associate Professor

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    1. Published

      A Narrative Report of a pilot study in rural Mbulu Town and Itigi Councils, Tanzania: The Role of Rural-Urban Linkages for Enhanced Climate Resilience (RUL4CLI)

      Mwema, S. D., Thabit, O., Innocent, R., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Yanda, P., Kristensen, Søren Bech Pilgaard, Busck, Anne Gravsholt, Pauline, N., Moshy, V. & Mwaipopo, R., 2022, University of Copenhagen. 55 p.

      Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research

    2. Published

      A livelihood perspective on natural ressource management and environmental change in semi-arid Tanzania

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Frederiksen, P. & Sano, H., 2001, In: Economic Geography. Vol. 77, no. 1, p. 48-66

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    3. Published

      A note on the role of credit facilities and investment practices in Igowole and Ilula emerging urban centres

      Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2012. 14 p.

      Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research

    4. Published

      Adaptation of human coping strategies in a small island society in the SW Pacific: 50 years of change in the coupled human-environment system of Bellona, Solomon Islands

      Reenberg, A., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Mertz, Ole, Fog, Bjarne & Christiansen, S., 2008, In: Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 36, 6, p. 807-819

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    5. Published

      Adgang til vand - en stor forskel i det sydlige Afrika?

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2000, In: Geografisk Orientering. 1, p. 316-319

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

    6. Published

      Agricultural change - Prospects for the Future: A Case Study from the Southern Highlands of Tanzania. (Proc. from the 10th Ann. Seminar of the Finnish Ass. for Dev.Geography. G. Mickels et al (ed)

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 1991, In: Occasional Papers of the Finnish Association for Development Geography. No.26, p. 75-87

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

    7. Published

      Agricultural change - prospects for the future: a case study from the Southern Highlands of Tanzania

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 1 Jan 1990, In: Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture. 29, 2, p. 146-160 15 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    8. Published

      Agricultural transformation and socio-economic dynamics in rural areas: [Project no. 290732: RurbanAfrica - African Rural-City Connections, 2012-2016. - SP1-Cooperation, FP7-SSH-2011-2, Deliverable No. 1.2]

      Brønd, F., Fold, N., Azemao, D., Birch-Thomsen, T., Douanla, L., Essah, N., Frempong, R., Hansen, N. T., Kaffo, C., Kelodjoue, S., Kuete, M., Lazaro, E. A., Mbeng, E., Mishili, F. J., Msese, L. R., Nzeket, C., Osei, R. D., Owusu, G., Pasini, J., Tsalefac, M. & 1 others, Yaka, L., 2015, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen. 33 p.

      Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research

    9. Published

      Animal traction and market conditions: A case study from south-western Tanzania and northern Zambia

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 1999, Meeting the challenges of animal traction. London: Intermedia Technology Publications, p. 33-39

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

    10. Published

      Australian wattle species in the Drakensberg region of South Africa - An invasive alien or a natural resource?

      de Neergaard, Andreas, Saarnak, C. F., Hill, T., Khanyile, M., Martinez Berzosa, A. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2005, In: Agricultural Systems. 85, 3, p. 216-233 18 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    11. Published

      Befolkningstilvækst og AIDS

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Kirumira, E. K., 1993, In: Geografisk Orientering. Nr 3, p. 4

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

    12. Published

      Behovet for en 'bæredygtig udvikling': eksemplificeret ved landsbyen Ilunda, Tanzania

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 1989, In: Geografisk Orientering. 19, 3, p. 104-107

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

    13. Published

      Between Village and Town: Small-Town Urbanism in Sub-Saharan Africa

      Agergaard, Jytte, Kirkegaard, S. H. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2021, In: Sustainability. 13, 3, 21 p., 1417.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    14. Published

      Beyond territory and scarcity - exploring conflicts over natural resource management

      Gausset, Q. (ed.), Whytw, M. A. (ed.) & Birch-Thomsen, Torben (ed.), 2005, Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. 215 p.

      Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research

    15. Published

      Biofuels, land use change and smallholder livelihoods: a case study from Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia

      Hought, J. M., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Petersen, J., de Neergaard, Andreas & Oelofse, M., 2012, In: Applied Geography. 32, p. 525-532 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    16. Published

      Bridging the rural-urban dichotomy in land use science

      van Vliet, J., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Gallardo, M., Hemerijckx, L., Hersperger, A. M., Li, M., Tumwesigye, S., Twongyirwe, D. & van Rompaey, A., 6 Nov 2020, In: Journal of Land Use Science. 15, 5, p. 585-591 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    17. Published

      Cassava as an energy crop: A case study of the potential for an expansion of cassava cultivation for bioethanol production in Southern Mali

      Kristensen, Søren Bech Pilgaard, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Rasmussen, Laura Vang & Traoré, O., 2014, In: Renewable Energy. 66, p. 381-390 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    18. Published

      Centre for research on Sustainable Agriculture in Semi-Arid Africa (SASA)

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 1997, In: Miljøforskning. 35, p. 23-32

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

    19. Published

      Changes in shifting cultivation systems on small Pacific islands

      Mertz, Ole, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Elberling, Bo, Ruzanski, S. G. S. A., Bruun, Thilde Bech, Reenberg, A., Fog, Bjarne, Egsmose, R. M. R. & Breuning-Madsen, H., 2012, In: Geographical Journal. 178, 2, p. 175-187 13 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    20. Published

      Changes within small-scale agriculture - A case-study from the southwestern Tanzania

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Fog, B., 1996, In: Geografisk Tidsskrift. Vol. 96, p. 60-69

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    21. Published

      Clear the mind of pre-conceived ideas and get your hands dirty! an approach to field-based courses: The SLUSE-southern Africa Experience

      Hill, T., Traynor, C. H., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, de Neergaard, Andreas, Bob, U., Manyatsi, A. M. & Sebego, R. J., 2008, In: Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 32, 3, p. 441-457 17 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    22. Published

      Collaboration on environmental research and education between universities in Denmark, Malaysia, Thailand and Southern Africa

      Mertz, Ole, Murtedza, M., Magid, Jakob, Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Oksen, P., 2000, In: Current Issues in International Rural Development. 23/24, p. 31-35

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

    23. Published

      Collaborative education across continents: lessons from a partnership on sustainable resource management education

      Sithole, B., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Mertz, Ole, Hill, T., Bruun, Thilde Bech & Thenya, T., 2016, Higher Education and Capacity Building in Africa: The geography and power of knowledge under changing conditions. Adriansen, H. K., Madsen, L. M. & Jensen, S. (eds.). London and New York: RoutledgeFalmer, p. 58-82 25 p. (Routledge Studies in African Development).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

    24. Published

      Continuity and change: spatio-temporal land use dynamics on Bellona, Solomon Islands

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Reenberg, A., Mertz, Ole & Fog, Bjarne, 2008.

      Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research

    25. Published

      Continuity and change: spatiotemporal land use dynamics on Bellona Island, Solomon Islands

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Reenberg, A., Mertz, Ole & Fog, Bjarne, 2010, In: Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography. 31, 1, p. 27-40

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    26. Published

      Coupled human-environment timelines of SWP small island societies: event driven adaptation of human coping strategies

      Reenberg, A., Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Fog, Bjarne, 2007, Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Livelihoods and Resource Management  in Small Islands. Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, p. 4-5

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference abstract in proceedings › Research

    27. Published

      Domestic practices for accessing water and rural-urban transformations: example of emerging urban centres in Tanzania

      Kironyi, L. L., Makindara, J. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2023, In: International Journal of Water Resources Development. 39, 5, p. 869-894

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    28. Published

      Education and Research on Sustainable Land Use and Natural Resource Management: A New Danish-Malaysian University Program

      Mertz, Ole, Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Gausset, Quentin, 2000, In: Borneo Research Bulletin. 30, p. 66-73

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

    29. Published

      Education and research on sustainable land use and natural ressource management. A new Danish-Malaysian university programme

      Mertz, Ole, Mohammad, M., Magid, J., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Oksen, P. & Gausset, Q., 1999, In: Borneo Research Bulletin. 30, p. 66-73

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

    30. Published

      Effects of land use intensification: introduction of animal traction into farming systems of different intensities, part I-III - The case of southwestern Tanzania and northern Zambia

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 1993, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum. (Geographica Hafniensia; No. A2).

      Research output: Book/Report › Ph.D. thesis › Research

    31. Published

      Environment, people and land use - Changes in natural resource utilization during the past four decades in Ikuwala Village, Mazombe Division, Iringa District

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 1996, In: SASA Notes and Working Papers. June, p. 21

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

    32. Published

      Event driven adaptation, land use and human coping strategies: Human-environment interaction in a smaller SW-Pacific island society

      Reenberg, A., Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Fog, Bjarne, 2008.

      Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research

    33. Published

      Event driven adaptation, land use and human coping strategies: human-environment interaction in a smaller SWP island society

      Reenberg, A., Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Fog, Bjarne, 2007.

      Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research

    34. Published

      Event driven adaptation, land use and human coping strategies: human-environment interaction in a smaller SW-Pacific island society

      Reenberg, A., Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Fog, Bjarne, 2007.

      Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research

    35. Published

      Exotic Wattle Species in the Drakensberg Region of South Africa - and invasive alien or potential resource?

      de Neergaard, A., Saarnak, C. F. L., Hill, T., Khanyile, M. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2003, Kbh.: DUCED - SLUSE, p. 139-161.

      Research output: Working paper › Research

    36. Published

      Foreword

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2005, Beyond territory and scarcity - exploring conflicts over natural resource management. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, p. 2-3

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

    37. Published

      Fra hakken til ploven

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 1993, In: Geografisk Orientering. Nr 3, p. 6

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

    38. Published

      Igowole emerging urban centre

      Makindara, J., Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Kilima, F., Mshote, E. & Msese, L., 2013, Rural-urban complementarities for the reduction of poverty (RUCROP): Proceedings of the RUCROP Stakeholders' Workshop August 20th 2012 Mikumi, Tanzania. p. 23-32 10 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

    39. Published

      Ilula emerging urban centre

      Kilima, F., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Lazaro, E., Makindara, J., Saga, G. & Mshote, E., 2013, Rural-urban complementarities for the reduction of poverty (RUCROP): Proceedings of the RUCROP Stakeholders' Workshop August 20th 2012 Mikumi, Tanzania. p. 15-22 8 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

    40. Published

      Impact of different land use policies on a rural community - a case study from South Africa

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Hill, T. & Dolleris, C., 2003, Kbh.: DUCED - SLUSE, p. 359-392.

      Research output: Working paper › Research

    41. Published

      Improved Livelihoods on Less Land: The Case of Ilambilole and Ikuwala Villages in Iringa Region, 1996–2017

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Friis-Hansen, E., 2021, Prosperity in Rural Africa?: Insights into Wealth, Assets, and Poverty from Longitudinal Studies in Tanzania. Brockington, D. & Noe, C. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 315-338 23 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

    42. Published

      Integrating knowledge systems to further the development of sustainable natural resource management

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Buch-Hansen, M., Hill, T., Oksen, P. & Magid, J., 2004, Sustanable development and the university ¿ new strategies for research, teaching and practice. Howick, South Africa: Brevitas CC, p. 15

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

    43. Published

      Introduction to SLUSE (Chapter one)

      Hill, T. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2005, The SLUSE model of natural ressource management: From theory to practice through field-based training - experiences from southern Africa. Pinetown, South Africa: SACUDE-SLUSE, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, p. 1-10

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

    44. Published

      Is there a continuing rationale for swidden cultivation in the 21st century?

      van Vliet, N., Mertz, Ole, Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Schmook, B., 2013, In: Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 41, 1, p. 1-5 5 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    45. Published

      Klima - klimaproblematikken og kulstofkredsløbet

      Anderberg, B. S., Elberling, Bo, Krogh, L., Rasmussen, Kjeld, Søgaard, H. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2006, In: Geoviden. 2, p. 1-20

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

    46. Published

      Land use and land cover - continuity and chance: past and contemporary importance of agriculture on a small island in SW-Pacific

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Reenberg, A., Mertz, Ole & Fog, Bjarne, 2008, Book of abstracts: 7th ESfO Conference. 1 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference abstract in proceedings › Research

    47. Published

      Land use decisions in smallholder rural communities in developing countries

      Mertz, Ole, Reenberg, A., Bruun, Thilde Bech & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2008, In: CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources. 3, 48, p. 1-11

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    48. Published

      Levevilkår på små øer i Stillehavet (CLIP)

      Rasmussen, Kjeld, Mertz, Ole, Bruun, Thilde Bech, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Fog, Bjarne, Agergaard, Jytte, Reenberg, A., Egelund Christensen, Andreas, Kristensen, Søren Bech Pilgaard, May, W., Birk, T., Rothausen, S., Krogh, L., Breuning-Madsen, H., Elberling, Bo & Egelund Christensen, Andreas, 2007, In: Geoviden. 3, p. 8-11

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

    49. Published

      Mobile rural youth in northern Ghana: combining near and distant opportunity spaces

      Gough, K. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2016, Young entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa. Gough, K. & Langevang, T. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, p. 117-131 15 p. 8. (Routledge spaces of childhood and youth series).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

    50. Published

      Mobility in the Solomon Islands: place, livelihood and identity on Bellona, Ontong Java and Tikopia

      Gough, K., Agergaard, Jytte, Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Egelund Christensen, Andreas, 2008, Book of abstracts: 7th ESfO Conference. 1 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference abstract in proceedings › Research

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