Gerard Govers
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 168102 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Gerard Govers |
| NOMBRES | Gerard |
| APELLIDO | Govers |
| FIRMA | GOVERS G |
| AFILIACIONES | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9884-4778 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 78 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2000 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
African food system and biodiversity mainly affected by urbanization via dietary shifts
The rapid urbanization in Africa profoundly affects local food and ecological systems. According to earlier research, urbanization may cause food production and biodiversity losses as agricultural or natural lands are absorbed by expanding cities. Land-use displacement effects may buffer agricultural production losses or may lead to additional biodiversity losses but are often overlooked. Moreover, impacts of dietary changes associated with urban…
Vegetation changes and sediment dynamics in the Lake Alaotra region, central Madagascar
Madagascar is known for its high erosion rates in the central highlands, yet the role of human disturbance versus natural processes is not well understood and is a topic of ongoing debate. At present the necessary quantitative data to couple vegetation dynamics and sediment fluxes over time in Madagascar is scarce. This study aims to provide more insight in vegetation changes and sediment transfers over the last millennia in the Lake Alaotra regi…
Historical dynamics of landslide risk from population and forest-cover changes in the Kivu Rift
Soil lifespans and how they can be extended by land use and management change
Human-induced soil erosion is a serious threat to global sustainability, endangering global food security, driving desertification and biodiversity loss, and degrading other vital ecosystem services. To help assess this threat, we amassed a global inventory of soil erosion rates consisting of 10 030 plot years of data from 255 sites under conventional agriculture and soil conservation management. We combined these with existing soil formation dat…
Impact of tourism development on the local livelihoods and land cover change in the Northern Vietnamese highlands
Dissolved phosphorus transport from soil to surface water in catchments with different land use
Diffuse phosphorus (P) export from agricultural land to surface waters is a significant environmental problem. It is critical to determine the natural background P losses from diffuse sources, but their identification and quantification is difficult. In this study, three headwater catchments with differing land use (arable, pasture and forest) were monitored for 3 years to quantify exports of dissolved (<0.45 μm) reactive P and total dissolved P.…
Land Transitions in Northwest Vietnam
Adoption of soil conservation practices in Belgium
Reconstruction of late-Holocene slope and dry valley sediment dynamics in a Belgian loess environment
To unravel the evolution of a dry valley in the Belgian loess area soils and sediments along a slope catena were studied in detail. A 67 m long trench was opened from the upper slope to the centre of the valley bottom. The exposed soils and sediments showed evidence of severe soil erosion and other human disturbances that significantly changed the valley topography. The early-Holocene slope gradient was up to 25%, whereas now it is less than 10%.…
Belgium
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Historic Evidence for Soil Erosion in Belgium Contemporary Erosion Processes in Belgium Soil Erosion-Related Environmental Problems in Belgium Farmer and Government Response Conclusions References
Soil erosion and sediment deposition in the Belgian oess belt during the Holocene
A method to establish a Holocene sediment budget for a 103 ha agricultural catchment representative for the Belgian loess belt is presented. Soil erosion and sediment deposition were determined based on 185 coring locations and a large excavation in the valley bottom. Results were integrated in a GIS and interpolation techniques applied to derive spatial patterns of erosion and sedimentation. Total soil erosion, sediment deposition and sediment e…
Integrating science, policy and farmers to reduce soil loss and sediment delivery in Flanders, Belgium
Indicators for pan-European assessment and monitoring of soil erosion by water
Using Monte Carlo Simulation for the Environmental Analysis of Small Archaeologic Datasets, with the Mesolithic in Northeast Belgium as a Case Study
Using sequential aerial photographs to detect land-use changes in the Austro Ecuatoriano / Utilisation de photographies aériennes séquentielles pour détecter les changements d'utilisation du sol dans …
Resume : Utilisation de photographies aériennes séquentielles pour détecter les changements d'utilisation du sol dans l'Austro Equateur. Durant les dernières décennies, il y a eu un accroissement de l'utilisation des photographies aériennes et de l'imagerie satellitaire pour récolter rapidement de l'information digitale dans un certain nombre de régions. Du fait d'une accessibilité plus grande des photographies aériennes et d'une décroissance sig…
Adoption of soil conservation practices in Belgium
Soil erosion and sediment deposition in the Belgian oess belt during the Holocene
A method to establish a Holocene sediment budget for a 103 ha agricultural catchment representative for the Belgian loess belt is presented. Soil erosion and sediment deposition were determined based on 185 coring locations and a large excavation in the valley bottom. Results were integrated in a GIS and interpolation techniques applied to derive spatial patterns of erosion and sedimentation. Total soil erosion, sediment deposition and sediment e…
Indicators for pan-European assessment and monitoring of soil erosion by water
Land Transitions in Northwest Vietnam
Integrating science, policy and farmers to reduce soil loss and sediment delivery in Flanders, Belgium
Reconstruction of late-Holocene slope and dry valley sediment dynamics in a Belgian loess environment
To unravel the evolution of a dry valley in the Belgian loess area soils and sediments along a slope catena were studied in detail. A 67 m long trench was opened from the upper slope to the centre of the valley bottom. The exposed soils and sediments showed evidence of severe soil erosion and other human disturbances that significantly changed the valley topography. The early-Holocene slope gradient was up to 25%, whereas now it is less than 10%.…
Using Monte Carlo Simulation for the Environmental Analysis of Small Archaeologic Datasets, with the Mesolithic in Northeast Belgium as a Case Study
African food system and biodiversity mainly affected by urbanization via dietary shifts
The rapid urbanization in Africa profoundly affects local food and ecological systems. According to earlier research, urbanization may cause food production and biodiversity losses as agricultural or natural lands are absorbed by expanding cities. Land-use displacement effects may buffer agricultural production losses or may lead to additional biodiversity losses but are often overlooked. Moreover, impacts of dietary changes associated with urban…
Vegetation changes and sediment dynamics in the Lake Alaotra region, central Madagascar
Madagascar is known for its high erosion rates in the central highlands, yet the role of human disturbance versus natural processes is not well understood and is a topic of ongoing debate. At present the necessary quantitative data to couple vegetation dynamics and sediment fluxes over time in Madagascar is scarce. This study aims to provide more insight in vegetation changes and sediment transfers over the last millennia in the Lake Alaotra regi…
Historical dynamics of landslide risk from population and forest-cover changes in the Kivu Rift
Dissolved phosphorus transport from soil to surface water in catchments with different land use
Diffuse phosphorus (P) export from agricultural land to surface waters is a significant environmental problem. It is critical to determine the natural background P losses from diffuse sources, but their identification and quantification is difficult. In this study, three headwater catchments with differing land use (arable, pasture and forest) were monitored for 3 years to quantify exports of dissolved (<0.45 μm) reactive P and total dissolved P.…
Using sequential aerial photographs to detect land-use changes in the Austro Ecuatoriano / Utilisation de photographies aériennes séquentielles pour détecter les changements d'utilisation du sol dans …
Resume : Utilisation de photographies aériennes séquentielles pour détecter les changements d'utilisation du sol dans l'Austro Equateur. Durant les dernières décennies, il y a eu un accroissement de l'utilisation des photographies aériennes et de l'imagerie satellitaire pour récolter rapidement de l'information digitale dans un certain nombre de régions. Du fait d'une accessibilité plus grande des photographies aériennes et d'une décroissance sig…
Using sequential aerial photographs to detect land-use changes in the Austro Ecuatoriano / Utilisation de photographies aériennes séquentielles pour détecter les changements d'utilisation du sol dans …
Resume : Utilisation de photographies aériennes séquentielles pour détecter les changements d'utilisation du sol dans l'Austro Equateur. Durant les dernières décennies, il y a eu un accroissement de l'utilisation des photographies aériennes et de l'imagerie satellitaire pour récolter rapidement de l'information digitale dans un certain nombre de régions. Du fait d'une accessibilité plus grande des photographies aériennes et d'une décroissance sig…
Using Monte Carlo Simulation for the Environmental Analysis of Small Archaeologic Datasets, with the Mesolithic in Northeast Belgium as a Case Study
Integrating science, policy and farmers to reduce soil loss and sediment delivery in Flanders, Belgium
Indicators for pan-European assessment and monitoring of soil erosion by water
Soil erosion and sediment deposition in the Belgian oess belt during the Holocene
A method to establish a Holocene sediment budget for a 103 ha agricultural catchment representative for the Belgian loess belt is presented. Soil erosion and sediment deposition were determined based on 185 coring locations and a large excavation in the valley bottom. Results were integrated in a GIS and interpolation techniques applied to derive spatial patterns of erosion and sedimentation. Total soil erosion, sediment deposition and sediment e…
Belgium
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Historic Evidence for Soil Erosion in Belgium Contemporary Erosion Processes in Belgium Soil Erosion-Related Environmental Problems in Belgium Farmer and Government Response Conclusions References
Reconstruction of late-Holocene slope and dry valley sediment dynamics in a Belgian loess environment
To unravel the evolution of a dry valley in the Belgian loess area soils and sediments along a slope catena were studied in detail. A 67 m long trench was opened from the upper slope to the centre of the valley bottom. The exposed soils and sediments showed evidence of severe soil erosion and other human disturbances that significantly changed the valley topography. The early-Holocene slope gradient was up to 25%, whereas now it is less than 10%.…
Adoption of soil conservation practices in Belgium
Land Transitions in Northwest Vietnam
Dissolved phosphorus transport from soil to surface water in catchments with different land use
Diffuse phosphorus (P) export from agricultural land to surface waters is a significant environmental problem. It is critical to determine the natural background P losses from diffuse sources, but their identification and quantification is difficult. In this study, three headwater catchments with differing land use (arable, pasture and forest) were monitored for 3 years to quantify exports of dissolved (<0.45 μm) reactive P and total dissolved P.…
Soil lifespans and how they can be extended by land use and management change
Human-induced soil erosion is a serious threat to global sustainability, endangering global food security, driving desertification and biodiversity loss, and degrading other vital ecosystem services. To help assess this threat, we amassed a global inventory of soil erosion rates consisting of 10 030 plot years of data from 255 sites under conventional agriculture and soil conservation management. We combined these with existing soil formation dat…
Impact of tourism development on the local livelihoods and land cover change in the Northern Vietnamese highlands
Historical dynamics of landslide risk from population and forest-cover changes in the Kivu Rift
Vegetation changes and sediment dynamics in the Lake Alaotra region, central Madagascar
Madagascar is known for its high erosion rates in the central highlands, yet the role of human disturbance versus natural processes is not well understood and is a topic of ongoing debate. At present the necessary quantitative data to couple vegetation dynamics and sediment fluxes over time in Madagascar is scarce. This study aims to provide more insight in vegetation changes and sediment transfers over the last millennia in the Lake Alaotra regi…
African food system and biodiversity mainly affected by urbanization via dietary shifts
The rapid urbanization in Africa profoundly affects local food and ecological systems. According to earlier research, urbanization may cause food production and biodiversity losses as agricultural or natural lands are absorbed by expanding cities. Land-use displacement effects may buffer agricultural production losses or may lead to additional biodiversity losses but are often overlooked. Moreover, impacts of dietary changes associated with urban…
Geography (13 obras) · Environmental Science (9 obras) · Ecology (8 obras) · Erosion (8 obras) · Geology (7 obras) · Agriculture (6 obras) · Soil erosion and sediment transport (6 obras) · Environmental resource management (5 obras) · Land use (5 obras) · Geomorphology (4 obras)