Torben Birch-Thomsen
Associate Professor
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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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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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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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. 87-102Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Klima - klimaproblematikken og kulstofkredsløbet
Anderberg, B. S., Elberling, Bo, Krogh, L., Rasmussen, Kjeld, Søgaard, H. & Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2006, In: Geoviden. 2, p. 1-20Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › 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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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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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 proceeding › Conference abstract in proceedings › Research
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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 paper
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Report on fieldwork in Iringa District, Tanzania
Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Frederiksen, P., 1995, Tune Landbohøjskole. 42 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report › Communication
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Ressourcestrategier i verdens fattige lande
Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2000, Geografiske verdensbilleder. Gyldendal, p. 50-57Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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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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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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The role of rural-urban linkages for enhanced climate resilience in rural Tanzania: Proceeding from the Launching of Capacity Building Project ‘The role of rural-urban linkages for enhanced climate resilience in rural Tanzania (RUL4CLI)’ - May 10th 2022, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
Birch-Thomsen, Torben (ed.), 2022, 20 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report › Communication
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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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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 proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 73-86Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Research
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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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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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Patterns of environmental and livelihood change
Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Frederiksen, P. & Sano, H. O., 1996, Linköping. 1 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report › Communication
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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 proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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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. 13-26Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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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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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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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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. 291-302Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Rural transformations in the context of changing rural-urban connections: The case of Njombe Town, Southern Highlands of Tanzania, and its rural hinterlands
Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Ørtenblad, Sinne Borby, Msese, L. & Mishili, F., 2016. 15 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research
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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 proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research
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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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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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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 proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Shifting cultivation in transition - variable impacts on people's livelihoods -two African cases (Zambia and Tanzania): "Social-ecological outcomes of shifting cultivation in transition" - Open Science Meeting of the Global Land Programme Bern 24-26th 2019
Birch-Thomsen, Torben, 2019. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › 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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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. 23-38Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Virtuel Galathea 3
Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Rasmussen, Kjeld, P. Jensen, T. & Christensen, K., 2008Research output: Other contribution › Education
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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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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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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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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. 15Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › 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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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/Report › Report › Research
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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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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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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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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 proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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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 proceeding › Conference abstract in proceedings › Research
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