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  • thesis-dissertation
    Lathouwers, Eline; 2024. Human-environment interactions in Flemish floodplains since the late 18th century.
    LIRIAS4145031
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    This is one of two interdisciplinary PhD positions within a project that aims at providing a long-term reconstruction of human-environment interactions in floodplains in Flanders. During this project the various direct and indirect human interventions in three case study floodplain sites will be mapped by combining an archaeological, historic and geographical analysis. The goal of this PhD is to analyse how human societies through time have responded towards changes in the floodplain environment, whereby particular attention will be paid to rural communities. The time-depth analysis of past human-environment interactions in floodplains will learn us 1) how the present-day cultural palimpsest landscape came about and to which time period specific landscape features can be traced back, but also 2) how resilient the use and management of floodplains has evolved through time. This should allow us to better manage and preserve our cultural heritage within floodplains and to better assess the robustness of floodplain use and sustainable management in future. Chronologically, this position will focus on the early modern and modern period, with a special focus on 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The PhD-researcher will make use of a wide range of written sources, produced and formed by several actors, and includes among others census data, historical maps, images, official and private archival records, but also oral histories recorded through depth-interviews.

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    Stynen, Andreas; Stoffelen, Arie; 2024. Borderline tourism. Unlocking identities at the Belgian-German frontier since 1920.
    LIRIAS4137386
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  • Taye, Gebeyehu; Tesfaye, Samuel; Van Parijs, Inge; Poesen, Jean; Vanmaercke, Matthias; van Wesemael, Bas; Guyassa, Etefa; Nyssen, Jan; Deckers, Jozef; Haregeweyn, Nigussie; 2024. Impact of soil and water conservation structures on the spatial variability of topsoil moisture content and crop productivity in semi-arid Ethiopia. Soil & Tillage Research; 2024; Vol. 238; pp.
    LIRIAS4136051
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    Publisher: Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co.
    Accepted
  • thesis-dissertation
    Bergen, Benoit; 2024. The long-term accumulation of bioavailable uranium in soil due to the use of mineral phosphate fertilizers.
    LIRIAS4149093
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    Uranium (U) is an ubiquitous radioactive and toxic trace metal present in soils. It is now well accepted that the continuous application of phosphate fertilizers has caused accumulation of U in agricultural soils above background levels. This enrichment is of concern, as U may be absorbed by crops or leached to groundwater and thereby enter the human food chain. Uranium is an unwanted impurity present in phosphate fertilizers but currently its levels are not monitored nor regulated at EU level. The goal of this study is to measure the long-term accumulation of bioavailable U in soil and plants due to the use of mineral phosphate fertilizers and to make future trends in soil and plant U exposure at EU-wide scale. We propose that bioavailable U is likely to be better indicated by the acid soluble fraction (aqua regia U) compared to real total concentrations and hence of environmental relevance. This project is probably first in assessing an EU mass balance of U in soils to identify exposure at a large scale which can be the base for the implementation of future regulations on U in fertilizers.

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  • journal-article
    Kollert, Andreas; Mayr, Andreas; Dullinger, Stefan; Hülber, Karl; Moser, Dietmar; Lhermitte, Stefaan; Gascoin, Simon; Rutzinger, Martin; 2024. Downscaling MODIS NDSI to Sentinel-2 fractional snow cover by random forest regression. Remote Sensing Letters; 2024; Vol. 15; iss. 4; pp. 363 - 372
    LIRIAS4149029
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    Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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    Chiriboga, Gonzalo; Bouillon, Steven; Borges, Alberto V; 2024. Dissolved greenhouse gas (CO< /sub>2< //sub>, CH< /sub>4< //sub>, and N< /sub>2< //sub>O) emissions from highland lakes of the Andes cordillera in Northern Ecuador. Aquatic Sciences; 2024; Vol. 86; iss. 2; pp.
    LIRIAS4141886
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    Publisher: Springer (part of Springer Nature)
    Accepted
  • journal-article
    Reher, Thomas; Lavaert, Cas; Willockx, Brecht; Huyghe, Yasmin; Bisschop, Jolien; Martens, Johan A; Diels, Jan; Cappelle, Jan; Van de Poel, Bram; 2024. Potential of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) and wheat (Triticum aestivum) production in vertical bifacial, tracked, or elevated agrivoltaic systems in Belgium. Applied Energy; 2024; Vol. 359; iss. 359; pp.
    LIRIAS4140410
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    Publisher: Elsevier
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    Lu, Min; 2024. Multi-method assessment of river-aquifer interactions in lowland floodplains across spatial scales.
    LIRIAS4147799
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    This research focuses on the hydrological processes for the "Future Floodplains" project. The floodplain hydrology is strongly related to the interactions between the shallow groundwater (GW) and the surface water (SW), especially in the hyporheic zone. The exchange fluxes between the river and aquifer are often characterized by a high temporal and spatial variability. For measuring the fluxes, a multi-method approach is considered in the selected study sites in the Scheldt catchment in Belgium. As groundwater head observations do not directly reveal the exchange fluxes, other state variable observations, like temperature measurements or hydrochemical analyses with different spatial support, will be performed to quantify the fluxes. The exchange fluxes will be computed using independent analytical or/and numerical methods. Afterwards, they will be used as the input data for building the hyporheic zone model. I will then develop an integrated multi-scale GW-SW model, which will couple the small scale hydrological model with a catchment-scale groundwater model. After the model calibration and validation using the multiple measured dataset, the coupled model will be able to stimulate the mid- to long-term hydrological status of the floodplains through the changes in channel morphology, climate change, land cover change and urbanization. Meanwhile, the output from the coupled GW-SW model such as groundwater levels and seepage rates will deliver input for developing the ecological model of the floodplains in other working package.

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  • journal-article
    Pohankova, E; Hlavinka, P; Kersebaum, KC; Nendel, C; Rodriguez, A; Balek, J; Dubrovsky, M; Gobin, A; Hoogenboom, G; Moriondo, M; Olesen, JE; Rotter, R; Ruiz-Ramos, M; Shelia, V; Stella, T; Hoffmann, MP; Takáč, J; Eitzinger, J; Dibari, C; Ferrise, R; Bohuslav, J; Bláhová, M; Trnka, M; 2024. Expected effects of climate change on the soil organic matter content related to contrasting agricultural management practices based on a crop model ensemble for locations in Czechia. European Journal Of Agronomy; 2024; Vol. 156; pp.
    LIRIAS4149404
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    Publisher: Elsevier
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  • thesis-dissertation
    D'herde, Jakob; 2024. Living (at) Home. On Older People’s making of Home and Dignity.
    LIRIAS4141896
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    In Belgium, as elsewhere, the proportion of older people among the population steadily increases. This demographic evolution gives rise to a lot of discussions, in particular in relation to eldercare and its expenditures. How should societies handle the question of eldercare? Across Europe and North America, the dominant answer is the ageing-in-place paradigm. This paradigm meets the wishes of most older people, who overwhelmingly express the desire to remain living independently. The approach is also hailed by governments because it promotes independence and self-sufficiency, and allows them to cut on expensive care expenditures. However, ageing-in-place is all too often understood as merely staying put in one's current residence without taking other precautions for later life. People do not age in a spatial vacuum, so ageing well in place also means ageing in the right place. Spatial factors play a major role in one's ability to age well: the current dwelling may be oversized and difficult to maintain, or have too many stairs to climb. Perhaps the house is quite suitable for decreased mobility, but the wider neighbourhood is not, requiring the use of a car to go anywhere, as shops and services are few and far away. Moving in time to a smaller flat or house in one's neighbourhood closer to amenities and services might ensure an increased quality of life for older people. However, moving in later life is often met with resistance from older people themselves. This dissertation sets out to understand this reluctance to moving. It investigates therefore how older people foster a sense of home and what manner of (sub)conscious homemaking practices they undertake. The goal of this dissertation is twofold: first, to understand how older people experience and practice homemaking in later life, and what role spatial patterns play in these processes, and secondly, how these processes affect a person's sense of dignity. Home is understood as a socio-spatial imaginary, shaped by cultural, economic, political and highly personal factors, which people attempt to manifest spatially in the dwelling, neighbourhood, and wider living environment. Triangulating qualitative in-depth interviews and spatial analyses, the research attempts to establish a link between the everyday inhabitation of the dwelling and feelings of home and dignity from an interdisciplinary perspective spanning architecture, geography and sociology. The research is based on material stemming from 38 home visits and interviews with older people ageing-in-place in eight municipalities geographically dispersed over Flanders. This manuscript critically approaches the intersection of meanings and materialities of home, everyday inhabitation and homemaking practices, and dignity. Over their later life's course, older people are increasingly faced with both practical and emotional challenges like, among others, the loss of a partner, reduced physical mobility, and in the early 2020's, the COVID-pandemic. Yet in many cases these disruptions seem to have had little impact on the way people organized their dwelling. The dwelling thus appears to remain a very stable entity, largely resistant to changes in household size or the abilities of its inhabitants. On the other end of the spectrum are those cases where it has become clear the older person can no longer remain living in their current dwelling, forcing the complete transformation of the living environment, most often through a relocation, either to a smaller dwelling, or to an assisted living flat, and often closer to adult children. Based on the fieldwork, negotiating home in later life proves to be highly complex and deeply entangled with numerous human and non-human actants. The findings indicate a mutually influential relationship between people and the spaces they inhabit, and that different spatial elements generate different affordances to their users, structuring the everyday inhabitation and use of space. Furthermore, a strong connection between dignity and home in Flemish culture was discovered, and its spatial manifestations explored. The research regarding the meaning and experience of dignity in later life can refine the often presumed strong ties between older people and their physical dwelling. Dignity is an important question on many older people's minds, especially when expressing opinions on residential care facilities. As such, dignity is often reflected on primarily as having the freedom of choice, which was connected to the idea of living independently. The dwelling thus became a physical manifestation of dignity inasmuch as it continued to provide this freedom - conversations with people who moved in later life showed that the move was primarily inspired to regain such freedom, and thus re-establish dignity. The desire for independence and freedom of choice may surpass the emotional bond with the house or neighbourhood, putting into question the emphasis policymakers place on older people's current dwelling.

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  • chapter
    Moulaert, Frank; Simmons, Liana; Parra, Constanza; 2024. Social Relations in Commoning: Towards a Socially Innovative Perspective to Action Research in Building Landed Commons. From Land Ownership to Landed Commons. Social Innovation in the Commoning of Scarce Land Resources; 2024; pp. 129 - 157 Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing; Cheltenham
    LIRIAS4135679
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  • Chen, Yixian; Jiao, Juying; Yan, Xiqin; Li, Jianjun; Vanmaercke, Matthias; Wang, Ninglian; 2024. Response of gully morphology and density to the spatial and rainy-season monthly variation of rainfall at the regional scale of the Chinese Loess Plateau. Catena; 2024; Vol. 236; pp.
    LIRIAS4135943
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    Publisher: Elsevier
    Accepted
  • journal-article
    Bibentyo, Toussaint Mugaruka; Dille, Antoine; Depicker, Arthur; Smets, Benoît; Vanmaercke, Matthias; Nzolang, Charles; Dewaele, Stijn; Dewitte, Olivier; 2024. Landslides, bedrock incision and human-induced environmental changes in an extremely rapidly formed tropical river gorge. Geomorphology; 2024; Vol. 449; pp.
    LIRIAS4135948
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    Publisher: Elsevier
    Published online
  • presentation
    Gathura, Hezron Kagia; Aalbers, Manuel; Esho, Lawrence; 2024. Unraveling Forced Evictions in Nairobi: Towards Housing Equity.
    LIRIAS4148982
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  • thesis-dissertation
    Lauryssen, Florian; 2024. In search of the pristine environment & the natural background of phosphorus in freshwater.
    LIRIAS4140055
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  • presentation
    Hemerijckx, Lisa-Marie; Nsangi Nakyagaba, Gloria; Sseviiri, Hakimu; Janusz, Katarzyna; Eichinger, Michelle; Lwasa, Shuaib; May, Julian; Verburg, Peter; Van Rompaey, Anton; 2024. Fork to farm: the geography of food provisioning for an African city.
    LIRIAS4148538
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  • media
    Frederickx, Ilse; 2024. Blow-up: Watersandaaltjes?. KU Leuven Stories; 2024 Publisher: KU Leuven
    LIRIAS4147314
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  • thesis-dissertation
    Khan, Nasar; 2024. Evaluation of reservoir potential for unconventional hydrocarbon, Potwar Basin, Pakistan (Late Palaeocene Patala and Early Jurassic Datta Formations): Insights from sedimentological, geochemical and petrophysical analyses.
    LIRIAS4131585
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    These days, despite of technological advances, the world's conventional hydrocarbons reserves continue to be depleted at high rate as our reliance on it is increasing day by day. However, the recent successful recoveries of hydrocarbons from unconventional reservoirs such as shale gas/oil plays has tremendously increased the world's interest towards these unconventional hydrocarbons. Thus, the current research project aims to evaluate the conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon potential of the Late Paleocene Patala Formation, in the petroliferous Potwar Basin of Pakistan. Conventionally, the formation is acting as a proven source rock to charge the reservoirs of Potwar Basin. However, it also possess prospects to act as source for unconventional hydrocarbons such as shale gas/oil and tight gas reservoir. The strata is mainly comprised of, in descending order of their abundance, shale, limestone, sandstone, marl and coal lithofacies. The shale and coal lithofacies are organic rich and possess prospectivity to be assessed for shale gas/oil potential of these strata. In general, shale constitute two thirds of all the sedimentary rocks and can act as source for conventional and reservoir for unconventional hydrocarbons when stimulated. However, yet they are amongst the least understood of all clastic sedimentary rocks. Likewise, about 60% of the world reservoirs are contained in carbonate rocks but their reservoir complexity is often not fully understood. The limestone of Patala Formation is bituminous as well as nodular in nature and possess suitability for conventional and unconventional reservoir potential. Overall, in this project an integrated sedimentological, organic geochemical, mineralogical and petrophysical approach will be applied to investigate the paleo-depositional and diagenetic environments in relation to the conventional and unconventional reservoir potential of the formation. The sedimentary and diagenetic attributes encountered will be figured out and their impact on tight reservoir architecture will be addressed. X-ray diffraction, major & trace geochemical and petrographic techniques will be applied to investigate the mineralogy, elemental composition, lithological characteristics and heterogeneity of the lithofacies. These techniques will also help to understand the physical framework such as clay mineralogy, clay fabric, pore size distribution and percentages of brittle minerals such as silica that are critical for successful fracturing of the tight shale gas reservoirs. Likewise, total organic carbon (TOC), Rock Eval pyrolysis and vitrinite reflectance (VR) analyses will be carried out to assess organic richness, thermal maturity and hydrocarbon generation potential of the formation. Finally, in this PhD project in order to investigate petrophysical characteristics such as porosity, permeability and complex pore networks, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), computed tomography (CT) scan, mercury injection capillary pressure (MICP) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analyses will be performed on rock samples to understand the reservoir potential of the targeted unit.

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  • journal-article
    van Doorn, Maarten; van Rotterdam, Debby; Ros, Gerard; Koopmans, Gerwin F; Smolders, Erik; de Vries, Wim; 2024. The phosphorus saturation degree as a universal agronomic and environmental soil P test. Critical Reviews In Environmental Science And Technology; 2024; Vol. 54; iss. 5; pp. 385 - 404
    LIRIAS4103225
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    Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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  • journal-article
    Stoffelen, Arie; 2024. A review of tourism and bordering processes: Launching the Annals of Tourism Research Curated Collection on Tourism and Territorial Borders. Annals Of Tourism Research; 2024; Vol. 105; pp.
    LIRIAS4140589
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    This paper presents an interpretative account of the dynamic research field based on the interplay between tourism and territorial borders and bordering processes. In the last two decades, studies in this field have thematically diversified and became more interdisciplinary. They are underpinned by an increasingly relational understanding of the spaces and scales at which the interrelations between tourism and borders occur. This places the research field in a solid position to tackle future socio-spatial complexities related to globalization processes. The article also launches the Annals of Tourism Research Curated Collection on tourism and territorial borders. The Collection contains all previous articles published in Annals of Tourism Research related to the topic and continues to grow as new articles are added.
    Publisher: Elsevier Masson
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