Torben Birch-Thomsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3711666 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Torben Birch-Thomsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Torben |
| FAMILY NAME | Birch-Thomsen |
| SIGNATURE | BIRCH-THOMSEN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The sustainability of cassava-based bioethanol production in southern Mali
The demand for biofuels has been rising, which has led developing countries to focus on production of feedstocks for biodiesel and bioethanol production. This has caused concerns for the impacts on food security, food prices and environmental sustainability. This paper examines a hypothetical case of cassava-based bioethanol production in southern Mali, assessing its environmental, economic and social sustainability. Results demonstrate that envi…
The role of credit facilities and investment practices in rural Tanzania
Small urban settlements or small towns in rural areas represent the fastest urban growth in most of the African continent. Along with a renewed political interest in African agriculture, the role of urban settlements has gained a prominent position in poverty reduction in rural areas and as an alternative to out-migration. Based on data collected between 2010 and 2012 covering more than 60 business operators in two emerging urban centres (EUCs) a…
Transition of Shifting Cultivation and its Impact on People's Livelihoods in the Miombo Woodlands of Northern Zambia and South-Western Tanzania
Clear the Mind of Pre-conceived Ideas and Get Your Hands Dirty! An Approach to Field-based Courses
This paper explores an approach to problem-oriented, interdisciplinary field-based courses devised by university consortia in southern Africa and Denmark. The SLUSE (Sustainable Land Use and Natural Resource Management) model has been applied on six three-week field courses within southern Africa and trained over 200 students. Student groups composed of individuals from different academic disciplines that investigated problems specifically devise…
Adaptation of Human Coping Strategies in a Small Island Society in the SW Pacific-50 Years of Change in the Coupled Human-Environment System on Bellona, Solomon Islands
Transitional rural landscapes
Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 106(2): 87–102, 2006 The paper presents trends in past and present land use patterns in parts of a former homeland of KwaZulu-Natal, and discusses the changing role of farming. It suggests that an understanding of the transition in rural land must take into account the impact of rural-urban relations and the Colonial and Apartheid socio-spatial policies. A sequence of map data is analysed and com…
Planning with complexity—how do we deal with stakeholder and spatial heterogeneity in land use planning
Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 105(2):23–37, 2005 As a reaction to the 'top-down 'approach to rural development during the 1970's and 1980's, and in line with the increased focus on ‘putting farmers first’ (bottom-up) through local participation, new and integrated approaches to natural resource management (NRM) have been launched to generate sustainable development. This paradigmatic change has greatly influenced land use pla…
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A Livelihood Perspective on Natural Resource Management and Environmental Change in Semiarid Tanzania
The aim of this paper is to explore how social relations influence land use and natural resource management at the local level. Through empirical analysis that tracks changes in land use and environment over 40 years, we present evidence of a process of agrarianization based on commercialization of crops and expansion of cultivated land. With the concept of livelihood strategies as an analytical framework, subcommunity processes are analyzed for …
Changes within Small-Scale Agriculture. A Case-Study from the Southwestern Tanzania
Danish Journal of Geography 96: 60–69, 1996. The objective of this paper is through a case study from the southern highlands of Tanzania, to illustrate how the agricultural system has changed within a period from the mid-1950s to the early 1990s in response to both endogenous and exogenous forces. The focus is primarily on the latest response at village level to the liberalization process within the agricultural sector in the early 1990s. New met…
Adaptation of Human Coping Strategies in a Small Island Society in the SW Pacific-50 Years of Change in the Coupled Human-Environment System on Bellona, Solomon Islands
A Livelihood Perspective on Natural Resource Management and Environmental Change in Semiarid Tanzania
The aim of this paper is to explore how social relations influence land use and natural resource management at the local level. Through empirical analysis that tracks changes in land use and environment over 40 years, we present evidence of a process of agrarianization based on commercialization of crops and expansion of cultivated land. With the concept of livelihood strategies as an analytical framework, subcommunity processes are analyzed for …
The role of credit facilities and investment practices in rural Tanzania
Small urban settlements or small towns in rural areas represent the fastest urban growth in most of the African continent. Along with a renewed political interest in African agriculture, the role of urban settlements has gained a prominent position in poverty reduction in rural areas and as an alternative to out-migration. Based on data collected between 2010 and 2012 covering more than 60 business operators in two emerging urban centres (EUCs) a…
Transition of Shifting Cultivation and its Impact on People's Livelihoods in the Miombo Woodlands of Northern Zambia and South-Western Tanzania
Transitional rural landscapes
Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 106(2): 87–102, 2006 The paper presents trends in past and present land use patterns in parts of a former homeland of KwaZulu-Natal, and discusses the changing role of farming. It suggests that an understanding of the transition in rural land must take into account the impact of rural-urban relations and the Colonial and Apartheid socio-spatial policies. A sequence of map data is analysed and com…
Clear the Mind of Pre-conceived Ideas and Get Your Hands Dirty! An Approach to Field-based Courses
This paper explores an approach to problem-oriented, interdisciplinary field-based courses devised by university consortia in southern Africa and Denmark. The SLUSE (Sustainable Land Use and Natural Resource Management) model has been applied on six three-week field courses within southern Africa and trained over 200 students. Student groups composed of individuals from different academic disciplines that investigated problems specifically devise…
Changes within Small-Scale Agriculture. A Case-Study from the Southwestern Tanzania
Danish Journal of Geography 96: 60–69, 1996. The objective of this paper is through a case study from the southern highlands of Tanzania, to illustrate how the agricultural system has changed within a period from the mid-1950s to the early 1990s in response to both endogenous and exogenous forces. The focus is primarily on the latest response at village level to the liberalization process within the agricultural sector in the early 1990s. New met…
Changes within Small-Scale Agriculture. A Case-Study from the Southwestern Tanzania
Danish Journal of Geography 96: 60–69, 1996. The objective of this paper is through a case study from the southern highlands of Tanzania, to illustrate how the agricultural system has changed within a period from the mid-1950s to the early 1990s in response to both endogenous and exogenous forces. The focus is primarily on the latest response at village level to the liberalization process within the agricultural sector in the early 1990s. New met…
A Livelihood Perspective on Natural Resource Management and Environmental Change in Semiarid Tanzania
The aim of this paper is to explore how social relations influence land use and natural resource management at the local level. Through empirical analysis that tracks changes in land use and environment over 40 years, we present evidence of a process of agrarianization based on commercialization of crops and expansion of cultivated land. With the concept of livelihood strategies as an analytical framework, subcommunity processes are analyzed for …
Anmeldelser
Planning with complexity—how do we deal with stakeholder and spatial heterogeneity in land use planning
Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 105(2):23–37, 2005 As a reaction to the 'top-down 'approach to rural development during the 1970's and 1980's, and in line with the increased focus on ‘putting farmers first’ (bottom-up) through local participation, new and integrated approaches to natural resource management (NRM) have been launched to generate sustainable development. This paradigmatic change has greatly influenced land use pla…
Transitional rural landscapes
Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 106(2): 87–102, 2006 The paper presents trends in past and present land use patterns in parts of a former homeland of KwaZulu-Natal, and discusses the changing role of farming. It suggests that an understanding of the transition in rural land must take into account the impact of rural-urban relations and the Colonial and Apartheid socio-spatial policies. A sequence of map data is analysed and com…
Clear the Mind of Pre-conceived Ideas and Get Your Hands Dirty! An Approach to Field-based Courses
This paper explores an approach to problem-oriented, interdisciplinary field-based courses devised by university consortia in southern Africa and Denmark. The SLUSE (Sustainable Land Use and Natural Resource Management) model has been applied on six three-week field courses within southern Africa and trained over 200 students. Student groups composed of individuals from different academic disciplines that investigated problems specifically devise…
Adaptation of Human Coping Strategies in a Small Island Society in the SW Pacific-50 Years of Change in the Coupled Human-Environment System on Bellona, Solomon Islands
Transition of Shifting Cultivation and its Impact on People's Livelihoods in the Miombo Woodlands of Northern Zambia and South-Western Tanzania
The sustainability of cassava-based bioethanol production in southern Mali
The demand for biofuels has been rising, which has led developing countries to focus on production of feedstocks for biodiesel and bioethanol production. This has caused concerns for the impacts on food security, food prices and environmental sustainability. This paper examines a hypothetical case of cassava-based bioethanol production in southern Mali, assessing its environmental, economic and social sustainability. Results demonstrate that envi…
The role of credit facilities and investment practices in rural Tanzania
Small urban settlements or small towns in rural areas represent the fastest urban growth in most of the African continent. Along with a renewed political interest in African agriculture, the role of urban settlements has gained a prominent position in poverty reduction in rural areas and as an alternative to out-migration. Based on data collected between 2010 and 2012 covering more than 60 business operators in two emerging urban centres (EUCs) a…
Economics (8 works) · Agriculture (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Business (5 works) · Environmental planning (5 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (4 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works) · Land Rights and Reforms (4 works) · Livelihood (4 works) · Political science (4 works)