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Geomorphological processes
Transport of dissolved organic matter from soils to surface water in agricultural areas: identifying and modeling the pathways and processes
The effect of soil and water conservation treatments on rainfall-runoff response in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands
Enhancing indigenous knowledge on conservation agriculture for poverty alleviation and sustainable livelihood in the Usambara Mountains, Lushoto, Tanzania
Water and sediment budgets of lake Tana for optimisation of land management and water allocation
Mechanical and Hydrological Influences of Multipurpose Trees, Shrubs and Grasses to Stabilize Riverbanks, Landslides and Gullies in Southwest Ethiopia
Improving water resource planning at the scale of micro-dam catchments in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: learning from success and failure (WAREP)
Assessing the influence of Holocene land use changes and climatic variations on floodplain deposition on a continental scale
Atmospheric and Aeolian Processes Webpage project
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Society and Environment
Development of GIS-procedures for environmental modelling
Transport of dissolved organic matter from soils to surface water in agricultural areas: identifying and modeling the pathways and processes
Analysis of urban growth in developing countries based on a typology of survival strategies: a case study in Kampala (Uganda)
DieGem: Diversity and community building Webpage project
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Environmental Change and Terrestial Ecosystems
Radiocarbon Palaeolithic Europe Database ,
European Late Pleistocene Isotopic stages 2 & 3: their ecology and cultural adaptations
Webpage project
The effect of soil and water conservation treatments on rainfall-runoff response in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands
Enhancing indigenous knowledge on conservation agriculture for poverty alleviation and sustainable livelihood in the Usambara Mountains, Lushoto, Tanzania
Detection and Spatial Analysis of Recent Landuse Changes in Southwest Ethiopia
Water and sediment budgets of lake Tana for optimisation of land management and water allocation
Anthropogenic and physical landscape dynamics in large fluvial systems (APLADYN)
Understanding the role of clouds in the climate of Greenland
Improving water resource planning at the scale of micro-dam catchments in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: learning from success and failure (WAREP)
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Regional Climate Modelling
HYDRANT: The atmospheric branch of the hydrological cycle in Antarctica Webpage project
The contribution of urbanization, climate and mitigation strategies to the urban meteorology: A case study for Melbourne (Australia) and Toulouse (France)
An estimation of future wind energy production yields, based on downscaling the near surface wind climate for Belgium
Do forests cool the Earth? (DOFOCO)
MACCBET: Modelling atmospheric composition and climate for the Belgian territory Webpage project
The benefit of high-resolution meteorological modelling for urban and regional air quality simulations
The impact of deforestation in tropical Africa on the regional climate
East African Great Lake Ecosystem Sensitivity to changes (EAGLES) Webpage project
The interaction between climate and the African great lakes: A study with a regional climate model
The effect of large scale windfarms on the regional climatology
The effect of forest management strategies and land use change on the European climate
Understanding the role of clouds in the climate of Greenland
From atmospheric circulation to electrons: an integrated approach for optimization and control of large-scale wind farms
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Prehistoric Archaeology
Radiocarbon Palaeolithic Europe Database ,
European Late Pleistocene Isotopic stages 2 & 3: their ecology and cultural adaptations
Webpage project
The Belgian Middle Egypt Prehistoric Project and its contribution to Egyptian Prehistory: publication of the field reports
Mesolithic occupational history of sandy landscapes
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Socio-economic Geography of Settlements
Geography of the agriculture in Belgium and European community
Analysis of urban growth in developing countries based on a typology of survival strategies: a case study in Kampala (Uganda)
The application of Strategic Niche Management on social innovations. Towards a geographic approach using a multiple case study of cohousing and LETS in Belgium and the UK
The real estate/financial complex (REFCOM)
Non-heteronormative heterosexualities: enquiry in the nature of the sexual production of space
Planning with and for the urban poor in Ghana
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Economic Geography, Regional Development and Spatial Policy
The application of Strategic Niche Management on social innovations. Towards a geographic approach using a multiple case study of cohousing and LETS in Belgium and the UK
The real estate/financial complex (REFCOM)
Competition versus cooperation in cross-border metropolitan regions: transportation policies and strategic planning in Luxembourg and Brussels
The role of network organisation in the development of regional tourism
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Tourism and Leisure
Socio-cultural Equilibrium between Urbanization and Heritage Conservation: A Sustainable Tourism Approach
Cross-border identity and ‘borderscapes’ as a lever for regional development of border regions by tourism
The role of network organisation in the development of regional tourism
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Geodynamics and Geofluids
The geodynamics of slate belts
Earthquakes and ancient civilisations
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Applied Geology and Mineralogy
Archaeometry and archaeology of ancient glass production as a source for ancient technology and trade of raw materials (ARCHGLASS)
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Biogeology
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Forest, Nature and Landscape Research
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Soil and Water Management (niet actief)
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Bioeconomics (niet actief)
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Soil Fertility
Phosphate speciation in highly weathered soils as affected by redox cycles
The effect of long term frequent organic fertilization on the sustainable C-N dynamics in the soil
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Soil Physics
Transport of dissolved organic matter from soils to surface water in agricultural areas: identifying and modeling the pathways and processes
Mechanical and Hydrological Influences of Multipurpose Trees, Shrubs and Grasses to Stabilize Riverbanks, Landslides and Gullies in Southwest Ethiopia
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Contaminated soils and water: toxicology and environmental microbiology
The role of the origin and the structure of dissolved organic matter (DOM) on the bioavailability of metals for green algae
Movement and fate of pesticides in wetland buffer zones: reactive transport and the influence of seasonal environmental changes Webpage project
Genetic characterization of 2,6-dichlorobenzamide(BAM)-degradation in BAM-degrading bacteria
Identification and characterization of gene functions involved in synergistic interactions in a pesticide degrading multispecies bacterial consortium
Environmental and bacterial characteristics determining the competitive behavior of 2,6-Dichlorobenzamide (BAM) degrading bacteria in Biofilms treating BAM polluted ground water Webpage project
Invasion of pesticide degrading bacteria in sand filters used for drinking water production
Role of iron mineralogy of the aquifer on the biotic reductive dechlorination of TCE in TCE contaminated aquifers Webpage project
Mobilomic analysis of polluted environments: a new culture independent approach for the search of interesting biocatalysts Webpage project
Uptake and toxicity of metals from metal mixtures in aquatic and terrestrial systems: rationalization based on metal bioavailability models
Interactions of nutrient stress and metal contamination stress on algal growth
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Water Management
Impact of vegetation responses to climate change on the hydrological system in Belgium
Capacity building and infrastructure development of Regional Development Centers (IRDs) at Universidad Agraria La Molina, Peru
Authigenic sediment formation in rivers
The impact of iron-dissolved organic matter colloids on the fate and bioavailability of trace metals and phosphorus in surface water
Integrated water quality management in the Paute catchment, Ecuador
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Water Quality (niet actief)
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Land Evaluation
The effect of soil and water conservation treatments on rainfall-runoff response in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands
Enhancing indigenous knowledge on conservation agriculture for poverty alleviation and sustainable livelihood in the Usambara Mountains, Lushoto, Tanzania
Water and sediment budgets of lake Tana for optimisation of land management and water allocation
Improving water resource planning at the scale of micro-dam catchments in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: learning from success and failure (WAREP)
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Landscape analysis and land use
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Plant Ecology, Nature and Urban green management
Nature as a template for a new concept of extensive green roofs
Potential yield and energy value of biomass from Low Input - High Diversity (LIHiD)-systems in Flanders
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Forest Ecology and Management
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Land and Information Management
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Policy and technology impact assessment (niet actief)
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Food value chains (niet actief)
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Rural livelihoods in South-America and Africa (niet actief)
Capacity building and infrastructure development of Regional Development Centers (IRDs) at Universidad Agraria La Molina, Peru
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Organization, transition and environment (niet actief)
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Land use change (niet actief)
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Nutrient and Carbon Fluxes in Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems
African river basins: catchment-scale carbon fluxes and transformations (AFRIVAL) Webpage project
The role of water reservoirs in Carbon cycling and biogeochemical functioning of tropical rivers: Case study of river Tana, Kenya
COBAFISH: Congo basin - from carbon to fishes Webpage project
East African Great Lake Ecosystem Sensitivity to changes (EAGLES) Webpage project
Transport of dissolved organic phosphorus from agricultural land to surface water
Authigenic sediment formation in rivers
The impact of iron-dissolved organic matter colloids on the fate and bioavailability of trace metals and phosphorus in surface water
The importance of flood events and floodplain processes for the dynamics of organic carbon transport and processing in large tropical rivers systems
Identification of long-term carbon sequestration in soils with historical inputs of biochar using novel stable isotope and spectroscopic techniques
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Hydrology
Transport of dissolved organic matter from soils to surface water in agricultural areas: identifying and modeling the pathways and processes
IUC Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador, Improvement of the Quality of life in the Austro-Ecuatoriano
Developing an experimental design environment to support research activities
Transport of dissolved organic phosphorus from agricultural land to surface water
Integrated water quality management in the Paute catchment, Ecuador
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Bio-based Economic Development
Impact of inclusion of small-scale farmers in global food supply chains on livelihood through labor and product market
Soil fertility, food security and gender in Central Africa Webpage project
Global food supply chains and development: the case of rice exports from Benin
Private standards in global food chains: an analysis of the trade and welfare effects in the Peruvian asparagus sector Webpage project
GLAMUR: Global and local food chain assessment: a multidimensional performance-based approach
Global agri-food supply chains, gender and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sustainability Transitions
Ecological Citizenship, Movement Building and Politicisation
Optimal Management of farm-level resources in the Lake Victoria catchments: a case of upper Rwizi and Igulubi catchments, Uganda
The application of Strategic Niche Management on social innovations. Towards a geographic approach using a multiple case study of cohousing and LETS in Belgium and the UK
Weak and strong sustainability: theoretical reflections, methodological discussions and applications
Socioeconomic impact assessment of biodiesel production from Jatropha curcas in rural communities of Mexico and Mali Webpage project
Transition in the European Agrifood sector: opportunity for local food networks and healthy ageing
GLAMUR: Global and local food chain assessment: a multidimensional performance-based approach
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Society-Environment Interactions
Valuation and mapping of ecosystem services
The Economics of Environmental Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility
GLAMUR: Global and local food chain assessment: a multidimensional performance-based approach
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