Torben Birch-Thomsen

Research output

Research output per year 1989 2005 2007 2008 2012 2013 2016 2020

• 46 Journal article
• 14 Book chapter
• 7 Report
• 5 Poster
• 24 More
  • 5 Working paper
  • 4 Conference abstract for conference
  • 4 Paper
  • 3 Conference abstract in proceedings
  • 2 Book
  • 2 Article in proceedings
  • 2 Report chapter
  • 1 Ph.D. thesis
  • 1 Other contribution

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2008

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

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

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

  • student 100%
  • resource management 57%
  • natural resource 49%
  • learning 48%
  • land use 47%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Tværfaglig innovationsstyrkelse eller akademisk Babelstårn

  de Neergaard, A., Birch-Thomsen, T., Juul, K. & Magid, J., 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 proceeding › Book chapter › Communication

• Virtuel Galathea 3

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

  Research output: Other contribution › Education
• 2007

  Bellona 2006: tradition og fornyelse

  Bruun, T. B., Birch-Thomsen, T. & Reenberg, A., 2007, In: Geografisk Orientering. 37, p. 382-387

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication

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

  Reenberg, A., Birch-Thomsen, T. & Fog, B., 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

  • coping 100%
  • society 87%
  • event 73%
  • management 62%
  • resources 56%

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

  Reenberg, A., Birch-Thomsen, T. & Fog, B., 2007.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research

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

  Reenberg, A., Birch-Thomsen, T. & Fog, B., 2007.

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

  • land use 100%
  • coping 78%
  • livelihood 71%
  • event 57%
  • interaction 47%

• Levevilkår på små øer i Stillehavet (CLIP)

  Rasmussen, K., Mertz, O., Bruun, T. B., Birch-Thomsen, T., Fog, B., Larsen, J. A., Reenberg, A., Egelund Christensen, A., Kristensen, S. B. P., May, W., Birk, T., Rothausen, S., Krogh, L., Breuning-Madsen, H., Elberling, B. & Egelund Christensen, A., 2007, In: Geoviden. 3, p. 8-11

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

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

  Birch-Thomsen, T., Elberling, B., Fog, B. & Magid, J., 2007, In: Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 79, 3, p. 291-302

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

  20 Citations (Scopus)
• 2006

  Klima - klimaproblematikken og kulstofkredsløbet

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

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

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

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

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

  • rural landscape 100%
  • apartheid 82%
  • Homelands 77%
  • land use 76%
  • income 45%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

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

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

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
• 2005

  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, T., 2005, In: Agricultural Systems. 85, 3, p. 216-233 18 p.

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

  52 Citations (Scopus)

• Beyond territory and scarcity: Exploring conflicts over natural resource management

  Gausset, Q. (ed.), Whyte, M. (ed.) & Birch-Thomsen, T. (ed.), 2005, Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. 218 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Commissioned › peer-review

• Beyond territory and scarcity - exploring conflicts over natural resource management

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

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research

• Foreword

  Birch-Thomsen, T., 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

• 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, T., 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 proceeding › Report chapter › Communication

• Introduction to SLUSE (Chapter one)

  Hill, T. & Birch-Thomsen, T., 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

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

  Birch-Thomsen, T. & Kristensen, S. B. P., 2005, In: Geografisk Tidsskrift. 105(2), p. 23-38

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

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

  Birch-Thomsen, T. & Kristensen, S. B. P., 2005, In: Geografisk Tidsskrift.

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

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

  Birch-Thomsen, T., Elberling, B. & Fog, B., 2005.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research

• Theoretical background (Chapter two)

  Hill, T. & Birch-Thomsen, T., 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 proceeding › Book chapter › Research
• 2004

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

  Birch-Thomsen, T., 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
• 2003

  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, T., 2003, Kbh.: DUCED - SLUSE, p. 139-161.

  Research output: Working paper › Research

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

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

  Research output: Working paper › Research
• 2002

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

  Birch-Thomsen, T., 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 proceeding › Report chapter › Research
• 2001

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

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

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

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

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

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

  31 Citations (Scopus)
• 2000

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

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

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

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

  Mertz, O., Mohamad, M., Magid, J., Birch-Thomsen, T. & Oksen, P., 2000, In: Currents. No. 23/24 - december, p. 31-35

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

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

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

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

• Ressourcestrategier i verdens fattige lande

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

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
• 1999

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

  Birch-Thomsen, T., 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

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

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

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

• Subsistence or cash: Strategies for change in shifting cultivation

  Mertz, O., Egelund Christensen, A., Højskov, P. & Birch-Thomsen, T., 1999, In: Geografisk Tidsskrift. 1, p. 133-142

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

  17 Citations (Scopus)
• 1997

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

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

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
• 1996

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

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

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

  6 Citations (Scopus)

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

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

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

• Patterns of environmental and livelihood change

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

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Communication
• 1995

  Report on fieldwork in Iringa District, Tanzania

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

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Communication
• 1993

  Befolkningstilvækst og AIDS

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

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

• 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, T., 1993, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum. (Geographica Hafniensia; No. A2).

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

  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Fra hakken til ploven

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

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
• 1991

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

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
• 1990

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

  Birch-Thomsen, T., 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

  • social differentiation 100%
  • agricultural change 94%
  • Tanzania 73%
  • animal traction 58%
  • social mobility 51%
  2 Citations (Scopus)
• 1989

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

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

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research