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

  33. 2016
  34. 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 proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  35. 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 proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  36. Published
  37. Published

    Rural youth in northern Zambia: straddling the rural-urban divide

    Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2016, Young entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa. Gough, K. & Langevang, T. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY : Routledge, p. 146-158 13 p. 10. (Routledge spaces of childhood and youth series).

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

  38. Published
  39. Published

    The impact of black wattle encroachment of indigenous grasslands on soil carbon, Eastern Cape, South Africa

    Oelofse, M., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Magid, Jakob, de Neergaard, A., van Deventer, R., Bruun, Sander & Hill, T., 2016, In: Biological Invasions. 18, 2, p. 445-456 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    The role of external investors for agricultural transformation and new rural-urban connections: [Project no. 290732: RurbanAfrica - African Rural-City Connections, 2012-2016. - SP1-Cooperation, FP7-SSH-2011-2, Deliverable No. 1.3]

    Brønd, F., Fold, Niels, Bart, F., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Blache, A., Buosi, J., Charlery de la Masselière, B., Kuete, M., Lazaro, E. A., Lukumay, J., Mishili, F. J., Msese, L. R., Thibaud, B. & Ørtenblad, Sinne Borby, 2016, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen. 32 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReport

  41. 2015
  42. Published

    Urban Frontiers and Rural Transformation: Formation of Emerging Urban Centres and Ambiguous Governance in Tanzania

    Lazaro, E., Agergaard, Jytte, Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted, Jun 2015. 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  43. 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/ReportReport

  44. Published

    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 paperCommissioned

  45. Published

    The role of credit facilities and Investment practices in rural Tanzania: a comparative study of Igowole and Ilula emerging urban centres

    Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2015, In: Journal of Eastern African Studies. 9, 1, p. 55-73 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Published

    The sustainability of cassava-based bioethanol production in southern Mali

    Rasmussen, Kjeld, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Bruun, T. B., Egsmose, R. M. R., Elberling, Bo, Fold, Niels, Kristensen, Søren Bech Pilgaard, Ouattara, O., Rasmussen, Laura Vang & Togola, I., 2015, In: Geografisk Tidsskrift/Danish Journal of Geography. 115, 1, p. 14-26

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  47. 2014
  48. Published

    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 paperCommissioned

  49. Published

    Rural-urban linkages and financial services: Opportunity for rural poverty reduction

    Lazaro, E., Makindara, J., Kilima, F., John, M., Mshote, E., 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. 02).

    Research output: Working paperCommissioned

  50. Published

    The dwindling role of population pressure in land use change: a case from the Southwest Pacific

    Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Reenberg, A., Aug 2014, Ester Boserup’s legacy on sustainability: orientations for contemporary research. Fischer-Kowalski, M., Reenberg, A., Schaffartzik, A. & Mayer, A. (eds.). New York: Springer, p. 45-60 15 p. (Human - Environment Interactions, Vol. 4).

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

  51. Published
  52. 2013
  53. Published

    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 proceedingArticle in proceedingsCommunication

  54. Published

    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 conferenceConference abstract for conferenceCommunication

  55. 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 proceedingBook chapterResearch

  56. 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 proceedingBook chapterResearch

  57. 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 journalJournal articlepeer-review

  58. Published
  59. Published

    Should I stay or should I go? Rural youth employment in Uganda and Zambia

    Kristensen, Søren Bech Pilgaard & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2013, In: International Development Planning Review. 35, 2, p. 175-201 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  60. Published

    Transition of shifting cultivation and its impact on people’s livelihoods in the Miombo Woodlands of Northern Zambia and South-Western Tanzania

    Grogan, K. J., Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Lyimo, J., 2013, In: Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 41, 1, p. 77-92 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  61. 2012
  62. Published
  63. Published
  64. 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, A. & Oelofse, M., 2012, In: Applied Geography. 32, p. 525-532 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  65. 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 journalJournal articlepeer-review

  66. Published

    The effect of cassava-based bioethanol production on above-ground carbon stocks: a case study from Southern Mali

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Kristensen, Søren Bech Pilgaard & Traoré, O., 2012, In: Energy Policy. 41, p. 575-583 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  67. Published

    Trends, drivers and impacts of changes in swidden cultivation in tropical forest-agriculture frontiers: a global assessment

    van Vliet, N., Mertz, O., Heinimann, A., Langanke, T., Pascual, U., Schmook, B., Adams, C., Schmidt-Vogt, D., Messerli, P., Leisz, S., Castella, J-C., Jørgensen, L., Birch-Thomsen, T., Hett, C., Bruun, T. B., Ickowitz, A., Chi Vu, K., Yasuyuki, K., Fox, J., Padoch, C. & 2 others, Dressler, W. D. & Ziegler, A. D., 2012, In: Global Environmental Change. 22, 2, p. 418-429 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  68. 2011
  69. Published

    SLUSE – an innovative fieldbased learning and research approach

    Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Mertz, Ole, de Neergaard, A. & 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

  70. 2010
  71. 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 articlepeer-review

  72. Published

    SLUSE - an innovative fieldbased learning and research approach

    Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Mertz, Ole, de Neergaard, T. A. F. & Juul, K., 2010.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearch

  73. 2008
  74. 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 articlepeer-review

  75. 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, A., 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 articlepeer-review

  76. 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

  77. Published
  78. Published

    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 proceedingBook chapterEducation

  79. 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

  80. 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 articlepeer-review

  81. 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

  82. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  83. Published

    Tværfaglig innovationsstyrkelse eller akademisk Babelstårn

    de Neergaard, A., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Juul, K. & Magid, Jakob, 2008, Tværfaglighed & entrepreneurship: en antologi om tværfaglighed i entrepreneurshipundervinsnigen. Stolt, J. & Vintergaard, C. (eds.). København: IDEA København, p. 74-83 10 p.

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

  84. Published

    Virtuel Galathea 3

    Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Rasmussen, Kjeld, P. Jensen, T. & Christensen, K., 2008

    Research output: Other contributionEducation

  85. 2007
  86. Published

    Bellona 2006: tradition og fornyelse

    Bruun, Thilde Bech, Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Reenberg, A., 2007, In: Geografisk Orientering. 37, p. 382-387

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  87. 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

  88. 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

  89. Published
  90. 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 article

  91. 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 articlepeer-review

  92. 2006
  93. 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 articlepeer-review

  94. 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 article

  95. 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 articlepeer-review

  96. 2005
  97. Published

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

    Neergaard, A. D., 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 articlepeer-review

  98. Published

    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/ReportReportpeer-review

  99. 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/ReportBook

  100. 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

  101. Published

    Intercultural and interdisciplinary experiences, challenges and outcomes from joint field courses conducted between Danish, southeast Asian and southern African universities on sustainable land use and natural resource management

    Magid, J., de Neergaard, A., Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Saarnak, C. & Juul, K., 2005, Providing our graduates with a global perspective through real and virtual student exchange. - ICA/NASULGC, 9-12 April, BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna. p. 11

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

  102. 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

  103. 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 articlepeer-review

  104. 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 articlepeer-review

  105. Published
  106. 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

  107. 2004
  108. 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

  109. 2003
  110. 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

  111. 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

  112. 2002
  113. 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

  114. 2001
  115. 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 articlepeer-review

  116. 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 articlepeer-review

  117. 2000
  118. 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 article

  119. 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 article

  120. 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 article

  121. 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

  122. 1999
  123. 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

  124. 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 article

  125. 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 articlepeer-review

  126. 1997
  127. 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 article

  128. 1996
  129. 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 articlepeer-review

  130. Published
  131. Published

    Patterns of environmental and livelihood change

    Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Frederiksen, P. & Sano, H. O., 1996, Linköping. 1 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReport

  132. 1995
  133. Published

    Report on fieldwork in Iringa District, Tanzania

    Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Frederiksen, P., 1995, Tune Landbohøjskole. 42 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReport

  134. 1993
  135. Published

    Befolkningstilvækst og AIDS

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  136. Published
  137. Published

    Fra hakken til ploven

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  138. 1991
  139. 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 article

  140. 1990
  141. 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 articlepeer-review

  142. 1989
  143. 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 article

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