Torben Birch-Thomsen

Torben Birch-Thomsen

Associate Professor

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    1. 1989
    2. 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 journalJournal articleResearch

    3. 1990
    4. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    5. 1991
    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 journalJournal articleResearch

    7. 1993
    8. Published

      Befolkningstilvækst og AIDS

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

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

    9. Published
    10. Published

      Fra hakken til ploven

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

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

    11. 1996
    12. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    13. 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 journalJournal articleResearch

    14. 1997
    15. 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 journalJournal articleResearch

    16. 1999
    17. 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 proceedingBook chapterResearch

    18. 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 journalJournal articleResearch

    19. Published

      Subsistence or cash: Strategies for change in shifting cultivation

      Mertz, Ole, Egelund Christensen, Andreas, Højskov, P. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 1999, In: Geografisk Tidsskrift. 1, p. 133-142

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    20. 2000
    21. 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 journalJournal articleResearch

    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 journalJournal articleResearch

    23. 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 journalJournal articleResearch

    24. Published

      Ressourcestrategier i verdens fattige lande

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2000, Geografiske verdensbilleder. Gyldendal, p. 50-57

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

    25. 2001
    26. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    27. Published

      Soil organic matter decline and compositional change associated with cereal cropping in Southern Tanzania

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, McDonagh, J. & Magid, J., 2001, In: Land Degradation and Development. 12, p. 13-26

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    28. 2002
    29. Published

      The role of Universities in Knowledge Enhancement and Dissemination for better Natural Ressource Management - The link between theory and practice

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Buch-Hansen, M., Hill, T., Oksen, P. & Magid, J., 2002, Beyond the Summit - The role of Universities in the search for Sustainable Futures. University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Sydafrika, p. 73-86

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingReport chapterResearch

    30. 2003
    31. 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 paperResearch

    32. 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 paperResearch

    33. 2004
    34. 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 proceedingBook chapterResearch

    35. 2005
    36. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    37. 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/ReportBookResearch

    38. 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 proceedingBook chapterResearch

    39. 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 proceedingBook chapterResearch

    40. Published

      Planning with complexity: how do we deal with stakeholder and spatial heterogeneity in land use planning?

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Kristensen, Søren Bech Pilgaard, 2005, In: Geografisk Tidsskrift. 105(2), p. 23-38

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    41. Published

      Problem identification, stakeholder analysis and spatial scale in natural resource management'

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Kristensen, Søren Bech Pilgaard, 2005, In: Geografisk Tidsskrift.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    42. Published
    43. Published

      Theoretical background (Chapter two)

      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. 11-24

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

    44. 2006
    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 journalJournal articleResearch

    46. Published

      Transitional rural landscapes: the role of farming in former homelands of Post-Apartheid Kwa-Zulu Natal

      Agergaard, Jytte & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2006, In: Geografisk Tidsskrift. 106(2), p. 87-102

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    47. Published

      Transitional rural landscapes: The role of small-scale commercial farming in former homelands of Post-Apartheid KwaZulu-Natal

      Agergaard, Jytte & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 1 Jan 2006, In: Geografisk Tidsskrift. 106, 2, p. 87-102 16 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    48. 2007
    49. 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 proceedingConference abstract in proceedingsResearch

    50. 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 conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

    51. Published
    52. 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 journalJournal articleResearch

    53. Published

      Temporal and spatial trends in soil organic carbon stocks following maize cultivation in semi-arid Tanzania, East Africa

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Elberling, Bo, Fog, Bjarne & Magid, Jakob, 2007, In: Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 79, 3, p. 291-302

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    54. 2008
    55. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    56. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    57. 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 conferencePosterResearch

    58. Published
    59. 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 proceedingConference abstract in proceedingsResearch

    60. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    61. 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 proceedingConference abstract in proceedingsResearch

    62. Published

      Problem-based, interdisciplinary field-based courses: reflections from south african experiences

      Hill, T., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Traynor, C., de Neergaard, Andreas & Bob, U., 2008, In: South African Geographical Journal. 90, 2, p. 122-133 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    63. 2010
    64. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    65. Published

      SLUSE - an innovative fieldbased learning and research approach

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Mertz, Ole, de Neergaard, Andreas & Juul, K., 2010.

      Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearch

    66. 2011
    67. Published

      SLUSE – an innovative fieldbased learning and research approach

      Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Mertz, Ole, de Neergaard, Andreas & Juul, K., 2011, Forskningsbaseret undervisning – realiteter og potentialer: Proceedings fra 10. majkonference i naturvidenskabsdidaktik, København 18-19. maj 2010. Christiansen, F. V., Horst, S., Holm, C. & Laursen, K. B. (eds.). Institut for Naturfagenes Didaktik, Københavns Universitet, p. 141-146 6 p. (IND’s Skriftserie; No. 21/2011).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearch

    68. 2012
    69. Published
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