Torben Birch-Thomsen
Associate Professor
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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
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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. 48-66Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 807-819Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Adgang til vand - en stor forskel i det sydlige Afrika?
Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2000, In: Geografisk Orientering. 1, p. 316-319Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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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. 75-87Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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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
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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, , 2015, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen. 33 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research
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Analysis of the potential for sustainable, cassava-based bioethanol production in Mali: Feasibility of renewable energy resources in Mali
Rasmussen, Kjeld, Bruun, Thilde Bech, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Elberling, Bo, Egsmose, R., Fold, Niels, Kristensen, Søren Bech Pilgaard, Ouattara, O., Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Togola, I. & Traoré, O., 2012, Technical University of Denmark. 44 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report › Commissioned
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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. 33-39Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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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
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Befolkningstilvækst og AIDS
Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Kirumira, E. K., 1993, In: Geografisk Orientering. Nr 3, p. 4Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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Behovet for en 'bæredygtig udvikling': eksemplificeret ved landsbyen Ilunda, Tanzania
Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 1989, In: Geografisk Orientering. 19, 3, p. 104-107Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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Bellona 2006: tradition og fornyelse
Bruun, Thilde Bech, Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Reenberg, A., 2007, In: Geografisk Orientering. 37, p. 382-387Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
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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
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Beyond territory and scarcity: Exploring conflicts over natural resource management
Gausset, Quentin (ed.), Whyte, Michael (ed.) & Birch-Thomsen, Torben (ed.), 2005, Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. 218 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report › Commissioned › peer-review
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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
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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
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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
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Brief introduction to the focus of the project - Emerging urban centres (EUC)
Lazaro, E. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2013, Rural-urban complementarities for the reduction of poverty (RUCROP): Proceedings of the RUCROP Stakeholders' Workshop August 20th 2012 Mikumi, Tanzania. p. 1-4 4 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Communication
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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
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Centre for research on Sustainable Agriculture in Semi-Arid Africa (SASA)
Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 1997, In: Miljøforskning. 35, p. 23-32Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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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
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Changes within small-scale agriculture - A case-study from the southwestern Tanzania
Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Fog, B., 1996, In: Geografisk Tidsskrift. Vol. 96, p. 60-69Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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
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Climate related projections on future water resources and human adaptation in the Great Ruaha River Basin in Tanzania: [Policy Brief Climate, Water and Adaptation]
Liwenga, E., Pauline, N., Tumbo, M., Osima, S., Mpeta, E., Nobert, J., Stendel, M., Stisen, S., Villholth, K. G., Birch-Thomsen, Torben & D'haen, S. A. L., 2015, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, p. 1-4, 4 p.Research output: Working paper › Commissioned
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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. 31-35Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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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
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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
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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. 27-40Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 4-5Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference abstract in proceedings › Research
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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/Report › Report › Commissioned
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Demographic Shifts and ‘Rural’ Urbanization in Tanzania during the 2000s: Presentation at the session 'Urbanization as the New Frontier'
Agergaard, Jytte, D'haen, S. A. L. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2013.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Communication
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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 contribution › Communication
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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. 869-894Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 66-73Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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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. 66-73Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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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
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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. 21Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Feltarbejdet i kulturgeografien: feltarbejdets betydning i geografien
Aner, L. G. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2008, Geofaglighed som kompetencer. Ehlers, P. & Volkers, G. (eds.). Brønshøj: TUNET, p. 121-129 9 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Education
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Foreword
Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2005, Beyond territory and scarcity - exploring conflicts over natural resource management. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, p. 2-3Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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Fra hakken til ploven
Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 1993, In: Geografisk Orientering. Nr 3, p. 6Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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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/Report › Report › Commissioned
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Growth of emerging urban centers: Opportunity for livelihoods improvement
Lazaro, E., Makindara, J., Kilima, F., John, M., Magomba, C., Saga, G., Wambura, M., Msese, L., Mushi, D., Lumole, Z., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Agergaard, Jytte, Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted & Fold, Niels, Nov 2014, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, p. 1-4, 4 p. (RUCROP Policy Briefs; No. 01).Research output: Working paper › Commissioned
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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
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Cassava as an energy crop: A case study of the potential for an expansion of cassava cultivation for bioethanol production in Southern Mali
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