Torben Birch-Thomsen

Torben Birch-Thomsen

Associate Professor


  1. 2023
  2. 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 journalJournal articlepeer-review

  3. 2022
  4. 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/ReportReport

  5. Published

    The Intensification of Shifting Cultivation in Tanzania: Effects on Soil and Vegetation

    Kilawe, C. J., Mohamed Maliondo, S., Bruun, Thilde Bech, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Silayo, D. S. A. & Mertz, Ole, 2022, Agriculture, Environment and Sustainable Development: Experiences and Case Studies. Rukhsana & Alam, A. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 21-42 22 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  6. Published
  7. 2021
  8. 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 journalJournal articlepeer-review

  9. 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 proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  10. Published
  11. 2020
  12. 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 journalJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Domestic Water Governance Structures and Access Practices in Support of Rural-Urban Transformation within Emerging Urban Centres in Tanzania: Brochure No. 03

    Kironyi, L. L., Lazaro, E., Makindara, J. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Jan 2020, 4 p. Reaching the Unreached Tanzania.

    Research output: Other contributionCommunication

  14. Published

    Rural-Urban Transformation, Land use Changes, Land Governance Structures and Practices in Emerging Urban Centres, Tanzania: Brochure No. 01

    Kironyi, L. L., Lazaro, E., Makindara, J. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Jan 2020, 4 p. Reaching the Unreached Tanzania.

    Research output: Other contributionCommunication

  15. Published

    Solid Waste Management Structures and Practices in Emerging Urban Centres, Tanzania: Brochure No. 02

    Kironyi, L. L., Lazaro, E., Makindara, J. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Jan 2020, 4 p. Reaching the Unreached Tanzania.

    Research output: Other contributionCommunication

  16. Published

    Critical Services for People: Governance Challenges of Emerging Urban Centers during Rural-urban Transformation

    Lazaro, E., Makindara, J., Kilima, F., Kironyi, L. L., Nyaki, S. A., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Agergaard, Jytte & Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted, 2020, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. 4 p. (RUT Policy Brief; No. 2).

    Research output: Book/ReportReport

  17. Published

    Governance In-between: The Role of Formal and Informal Institutions in Supporting Rural Transformation

    Lazaro, E., Makindara, J., Kilima, F., Kironyi, L. L., Nyaki, S. A., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Agergaard, Jytte & Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted, 2020, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. 4 p. (RUT Policy Brief; No. 1).

    Research output: Book/ReportReport

  18. Published

    Opportunities in Emerging Urban Centres: Market Development, Business Networks and Employment Creation

    Lazaro, E., Makindara, J., Kilima, F., Kironyi, L. L., Nyaki, S. A., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Agergaard, Jytte & Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted, 2020, 1 ed. Frederiksberg: Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. 4 p. (RUT Policy Brief; No. 3).

    Research output: Book/ReportReport

  19. 2019
  20. Published

    Multi‑activity, Multi‑locality and Small‑Town Development in Cameroon, Ghana, Rwanda and Tanzania

    Steel, G., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Cottyn, I., Lazaro, E., Mainet, H., Mishili, F. & van Lindert, P., 2019, In: European Journal of Development Research (EJDR). 31, 1, p. 12-33 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published
  22. Published

    Rural Transformation and Changing Rural–Urban Connections in a Dynamic Region in Tanzania: Perspectives on Processes of Inclusive Development

    Ørtenblad, Sinne Borby, Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Msese, L., 2019, In: European Journal of Development Research. 31, 1, p. 118-138 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Rural-urban (land) transformation: - emergence of urban centres in Tanzania

    Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted & Agergaard, Jytte, 2019. 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  24. Published
  25. Published

    Urbanisation in Rural Regions: The Emergence of Urban Centres in Tanzania

    Lazaro, E., Agergaard, Jytte, Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted, Makindara, J. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2019, In: European Journal of Development Research (EJDR). 31, 1, p. 72-94 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  26. 2018
  27. Published

    The effect of shortening fallow length on recovery of plant species richness, composition and growth in shifting cultivation landscapes of Kilosa District, Tanzania

    Kilawe, C. J., Aristaricky Silayo, D. S., Mohamed Maliondo, S., Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Mertz, Ole, 2018, In: Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation. 87, 2, p. 15-30 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Transformation of shifting cultivation: Extent, driving forces and impacts on livelihoods in Tanzania

    Kilawe, C. J., Mertz, Ole, Aristaricky Silayo, D. S., Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Mohamed Maliondo, S., 2018, In: Applied Geography. 94, p. 84-94 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  29. 2017
  30. Published
  31. Published

    Connecting rural-urban economies? Emerging urban center dynamics in Tanzania

    Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Lazaro, E., Makindara, J. & Ørtenblad, Sinne Borby, 2017. 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperCommunication

  32. Published

    Rural Transformation and the Emergence of Urban Centres in Tanzania

    Lazaro, E., Agergaard, Jytte, Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted, Makindara, J. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2017, Copenhagen: Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. 34 p. (IGN Report, Vol. October 2017).

    Research output: Book/ReportReport

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