Søren Bech Pilgaard Kristensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5776511 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Søren Bech Pilgaard Kristensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Søren Bech Pilgaard |
| FAMILY NAME | Kristensen |
| SIGNATURE | KRISTENSEN S B P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4335-7662 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 193 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Rethinking the role of social capital in collective action
Henrik Breuning-Madsen (1949-2018)
On-farm Business Structure Diversification in Greater Copenhagen—Farmers in an urban landscape or entrepreneurs in a rural landscape
Typology and distribution of small farms in Europe
The contribution of small farms to local food supply, food security and food sovereignty is widely acknowledged at a global level. In the particular case of Europe, they often are seen as an alternative to large and specialised farms. Assessing the real role of small farms has been limited by a lack of information, as small farms are frequently omitted from agricultural censuses and national statistics. It is also well acknowledged that small far…
Changing land use intensity in Europe – Recent processes in selected case studies
Patterns and drivers of farm-level land use change in selected European rural landscapes
Agriculture and landscape interaction—landowners’ decision-making and drivers of land use change in rural Europe
Patterns of agri-environmental scheme participation in Europe
Dynamics in national agri-environmental policy implementation under changing EU policy priorities
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…
From agriculture to nature – a study of drivers of land use change in a peri-urban landscape
In this article, we investigate drivers behind land use changes in a peri-urban landscape. The research focuses on the motives and factors behind landowners’ decision-making in relation to land use changes, with the objective of improving our knowledge of the dynamics of land use change processes on farmland. An actor-centred conceptual framework is developed on the basis of the concept of lenses of decision-making. Data on farm and farmer charac…
Should I stay or should I go? Rural youth employment in Uganda and Zambia
This paper discusses the employment strategies of young people in selected rural areas of Zambia and Uganda, with a focus on the opportunities and constraints that they face. It investigates mobility patterns to determine what motivates some youth to stay, while others choose to migrate to urban areas. Quantitative and qualitative data are drawn on to analyse the role of exogenous and endogenous support for young entrepreneurs. The findings indic…
Challenges for land system science
Managing Ontong Java
This paper explores the changing nature of social institutions and organizations for resource management on Ontong Java and their central role in maintaining livelihoods. Using detailed field data for three time periods, 1970–72, 1986 and 2006–07, and drawing on earlier secondary data, a longitudinal analysis of changes in governance and livelihoods is undertaken. Increased exploitation of marine resources has widened the resource base and increa…
Urbanisation of rural areas
Geografisk Tidsskrift—Danish Journal of Geography 110(1):47–63, 2010 The growth of urban areas is one of the most important characteristics of spatial development in Europe during the past decades and is traditionally described with a few indicators on a relatively coarse spatial scale. However, urbanisation is not only a matter of land use change, but also socio-economic changes, which may or may not manifest itself as physical changes in built-…
Exploring local rural landscape changes in Denmark
Geografisk Tidsskrift—Danish Journal of Geography 109(1):47–67, 2009 The intensification of agriculture was a key driver behind rural landscape changes in Europe during the 20th century, with severe environmental impacts. This paper investigates land use changes in a rural landscape with contrasting biophysical potential for agricultural production in western Denmark in a 136 year period (1870–2006). The purpose is to explore links between driver…
Planning approaches for rurban areas
Geografisk Tidsskrift—Danish Journal of Geography 109(1):15–32, 2009 Urban growth and sprawl have long put pressure on rural areas, leading to a growing zone of ‘rurban areas’ where a multitude of functions, urban or rural, compete for land. The development is acknowledged in European spatial planning documents, which also recommend common solutions. E.g. the spatial policy discussed and recommended in the European Spatial Development Perspective…
Managing rurban landscapes in the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden
Urban growth and sprawl have put pressure on surrounding rural areas for a long time, and planning history abounds with examples of how to cope with this development. The problem is also acknowledged in the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP), which, apart from recommending planning principles, also recommends common ways of arriving at solutions. This study compares three different planning systems and physical and socio-economic con…
Farmers as initiators and farms as attractors for non-agricultural economic activities in peri-urban areas in Denmark
Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 107(2):13–27, 2007 Changes in rural economy have been conceptualized as a post-pro-ductivistic transition with growing importance of non-agricultural economic activities as an important component. It is here hypothesized that these activities are profound in peri-urban areas and the importance of non-agricultural activities—here defined as on-farm business structure diversification—has been inves…
Afforestation of European landscapes
Land system changes in the context of urbanisation
Peri-urban areas are characterised by great heterogeneity and rapid changes of land use. Furthermore, population composition changes as peri-urban areas offer attractive residential alternatives to city centres or more remote locations. The dynamic processes leave peri-urban areas in an in-between situation, neither city nor countryside and home to a range of functions, spanning from agricultural production to residential and recreational areas. …
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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Hedgerow planting activities by Danish farmers
This paper examines the dynamics of hedgerow planting and removal in a study area with marginal agricultural potential in central Jutland. The study is based on a questionnaire survey with farmers in two parishes supplemented by aerial photo interpretation. The first section examine changes in hedgerow network parameters between 1972 and 1995. The length of the hedgerow network declined by 9% during this period. The connectivity of the hedgerow n…
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Challenges for land system science
Land system changes in the context of urbanisation
Peri-urban areas are characterised by great heterogeneity and rapid changes of land use. Furthermore, population composition changes as peri-urban areas offer attractive residential alternatives to city centres or more remote locations. The dynamic processes leave peri-urban areas in an in-between situation, neither city nor countryside and home to a range of functions, spanning from agricultural production to residential and recreational areas. …
Farmers as initiators and farms as attractors for non-agricultural economic activities in peri-urban areas in Denmark
Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 107(2):13–27, 2007 Changes in rural economy have been conceptualized as a post-pro-ductivistic transition with growing importance of non-agricultural economic activities as an important component. It is here hypothesized that these activities are profound in peri-urban areas and the importance of non-agricultural activities—here defined as on-farm business structure diversification—has been inves…
Changing land use intensity in Europe – Recent processes in selected case studies
Exploring local rural landscape changes in Denmark
Geografisk Tidsskrift—Danish Journal of Geography 109(1):47–67, 2009 The intensification of agriculture was a key driver behind rural landscape changes in Europe during the 20th century, with severe environmental impacts. This paper investigates land use changes in a rural landscape with contrasting biophysical potential for agricultural production in western Denmark in a 136 year period (1870–2006). The purpose is to explore links between driver…
Typology and distribution of small farms in Europe
The contribution of small farms to local food supply, food security and food sovereignty is widely acknowledged at a global level. In the particular case of Europe, they often are seen as an alternative to large and specialised farms. Assessing the real role of small farms has been limited by a lack of information, as small farms are frequently omitted from agricultural censuses and national statistics. It is also well acknowledged that small far…
Patterns and drivers of farm-level land use change in selected European rural landscapes
Patterns of agri-environmental scheme participation in Europe
Urbanisation of rural areas
Geografisk Tidsskrift—Danish Journal of Geography 110(1):47–63, 2010 The growth of urban areas is one of the most important characteristics of spatial development in Europe during the past decades and is traditionally described with a few indicators on a relatively coarse spatial scale. However, urbanisation is not only a matter of land use change, but also socio-economic changes, which may or may not manifest itself as physical changes in built-…
Should I stay or should I go? Rural youth employment in Uganda and Zambia
This paper discusses the employment strategies of young people in selected rural areas of Zambia and Uganda, with a focus on the opportunities and constraints that they face. It investigates mobility patterns to determine what motivates some youth to stay, while others choose to migrate to urban areas. Quantitative and qualitative data are drawn on to analyse the role of exogenous and endogenous support for young entrepreneurs. The findings indic…
Managing rurban landscapes in the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden
Urban growth and sprawl have put pressure on surrounding rural areas for a long time, and planning history abounds with examples of how to cope with this development. The problem is also acknowledged in the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP), which, apart from recommending planning principles, also recommends common ways of arriving at solutions. This study compares three different planning systems and physical and socio-economic con…
Afforestation of European landscapes
Dynamics in national agri-environmental policy implementation under changing EU policy priorities
From agriculture to nature – a study of drivers of land use change in a peri-urban landscape
In this article, we investigate drivers behind land use changes in a peri-urban landscape. The research focuses on the motives and factors behind landowners’ decision-making in relation to land use changes, with the objective of improving our knowledge of the dynamics of land use change processes on farmland. An actor-centred conceptual framework is developed on the basis of the concept of lenses of decision-making. Data on farm and farmer charac…
On-farm Business Structure Diversification in Greater Copenhagen—Farmers in an urban landscape or entrepreneurs in a rural landscape
Agriculture and landscape interaction—landowners’ decision-making and drivers of land use change in rural Europe
Planning approaches for rurban areas
Geografisk Tidsskrift—Danish Journal of Geography 109(1):15–32, 2009 Urban growth and sprawl have long put pressure on rural areas, leading to a growing zone of ‘rurban areas’ where a multitude of functions, urban or rural, compete for land. The development is acknowledged in European spatial planning documents, which also recommend common solutions. E.g. the spatial policy discussed and recommended in the European Spatial Development Perspective…
Gadbjerg and Givskud revisited—changes in agricultural structure in two parishes in central Jutland between 1973 and 1997
Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 99: 69–80, 1999 The agricultural sector in Denmark has experienced drastic structural changes since World War 2 which have reduced the number of farms from 200.000 in 1960 to 63.000 in 1997. This article analyses the changes in agricultural structure at a local scale, comparing key farm parameters for farmers in Gadbjerg and Givskud parishes in central Jutland in 1973 and 1997. It was found that …
Gadbjerg and Givskud revisited—changes in agricultural structure in two parishes in central Jutland between 1973 and 1997
Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 99: 69–80, 1999 The agricultural sector in Denmark has experienced drastic structural changes since World War 2 which have reduced the number of farms from 200.000 in 1960 to 63.000 in 1997. This article analyses the changes in agricultural structure at a local scale, comparing key farm parameters for farmers in Gadbjerg and Givskud parishes in central Jutland in 1973 and 1997. It was found that …
Anmeldelser
Hedgerow planting activities by Danish farmers
This paper examines the dynamics of hedgerow planting and removal in a study area with marginal agricultural potential in central Jutland. The study is based on a questionnaire survey with farmers in two parishes supplemented by aerial photo interpretation. The first section examine changes in hedgerow network parameters between 1972 and 1995. The length of the hedgerow network declined by 9% during this period. The connectivity of the hedgerow n…
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…
Afforestation of European landscapes
Land system changes in the context of urbanisation
Peri-urban areas are characterised by great heterogeneity and rapid changes of land use. Furthermore, population composition changes as peri-urban areas offer attractive residential alternatives to city centres or more remote locations. The dynamic processes leave peri-urban areas in an in-between situation, neither city nor countryside and home to a range of functions, spanning from agricultural production to residential and recreational areas. …
Farmers as initiators and farms as attractors for non-agricultural economic activities in peri-urban areas in Denmark
Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 107(2):13–27, 2007 Changes in rural economy have been conceptualized as a post-pro-ductivistic transition with growing importance of non-agricultural economic activities as an important component. It is here hypothesized that these activities are profound in peri-urban areas and the importance of non-agricultural activities—here defined as on-farm business structure diversification—has been inves…
Managing rurban landscapes in the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden
Urban growth and sprawl have put pressure on surrounding rural areas for a long time, and planning history abounds with examples of how to cope with this development. The problem is also acknowledged in the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP), which, apart from recommending planning principles, also recommends common ways of arriving at solutions. This study compares three different planning systems and physical and socio-economic con…
Exploring local rural landscape changes in Denmark
Geografisk Tidsskrift—Danish Journal of Geography 109(1):47–67, 2009 The intensification of agriculture was a key driver behind rural landscape changes in Europe during the 20th century, with severe environmental impacts. This paper investigates land use changes in a rural landscape with contrasting biophysical potential for agricultural production in western Denmark in a 136 year period (1870–2006). The purpose is to explore links between driver…
Planning approaches for rurban areas
Geografisk Tidsskrift—Danish Journal of Geography 109(1):15–32, 2009 Urban growth and sprawl have long put pressure on rural areas, leading to a growing zone of ‘rurban areas’ where a multitude of functions, urban or rural, compete for land. The development is acknowledged in European spatial planning documents, which also recommend common solutions. E.g. the spatial policy discussed and recommended in the European Spatial Development Perspective…
Managing Ontong Java
This paper explores the changing nature of social institutions and organizations for resource management on Ontong Java and their central role in maintaining livelihoods. Using detailed field data for three time periods, 1970–72, 1986 and 2006–07, and drawing on earlier secondary data, a longitudinal analysis of changes in governance and livelihoods is undertaken. Increased exploitation of marine resources has widened the resource base and increa…
Urbanisation of rural areas
Geografisk Tidsskrift—Danish Journal of Geography 110(1):47–63, 2010 The growth of urban areas is one of the most important characteristics of spatial development in Europe during the past decades and is traditionally described with a few indicators on a relatively coarse spatial scale. However, urbanisation is not only a matter of land use change, but also socio-economic changes, which may or may not manifest itself as physical changes in built-…
Challenges for land system science
Should I stay or should I go? Rural youth employment in Uganda and Zambia
This paper discusses the employment strategies of young people in selected rural areas of Zambia and Uganda, with a focus on the opportunities and constraints that they face. It investigates mobility patterns to determine what motivates some youth to stay, while others choose to migrate to urban areas. Quantitative and qualitative data are drawn on to analyse the role of exogenous and endogenous support for young entrepreneurs. The findings indic…
From agriculture to nature – a study of drivers of land use change in a peri-urban landscape
In this article, we investigate drivers behind land use changes in a peri-urban landscape. The research focuses on the motives and factors behind landowners’ decision-making in relation to land use changes, with the objective of improving our knowledge of the dynamics of land use change processes on farmland. An actor-centred conceptual framework is developed on the basis of the concept of lenses of decision-making. Data on farm and farmer charac…
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…
Changing land use intensity in Europe – Recent processes in selected case studies
Patterns and drivers of farm-level land use change in selected European rural landscapes
Agriculture and landscape interaction—landowners’ decision-making and drivers of land use change in rural Europe
Patterns of agri-environmental scheme participation in Europe
Dynamics in national agri-environmental policy implementation under changing EU policy priorities
Typology and distribution of small farms in Europe
The contribution of small farms to local food supply, food security and food sovereignty is widely acknowledged at a global level. In the particular case of Europe, they often are seen as an alternative to large and specialised farms. Assessing the real role of small farms has been limited by a lack of information, as small farms are frequently omitted from agricultural censuses and national statistics. It is also well acknowledged that small far…
On-farm Business Structure Diversification in Greater Copenhagen—Farmers in an urban landscape or entrepreneurs in a rural landscape
Henrik Breuning-Madsen (1949-2018)
Geography (21 works) · Economics (16 works) · Rural development and sustainability (15 works) · Agriculture (13 works) · Business (13 works) · Land Use and Ecosystem Services (13 works) · Environmental planning (12 works) · Environmental resource management (10 works) · Land use (10 works) · Political science (10 works)