page_title: Jan Nyssen
section_title: Articles in international scientific journals
hierarchical_section_title: Jan Nyssen / Publications / Articles in international scientific journals
caption_attribution_description: Ethiopia
context_page_description: Jan Nyssen is a Belgian physical geographer, and professor of geography at Ghent University.
context_section_description: 2020
  The Zeyi Cave  Geosite in Northern Ethiopia
  2019
  Understanding spatial patterns of soils for sustainable agriculture in northern Ethiopia’s tropical mountains
  2018
  Persistence and changes in the peripheral Beles basin of Ethiopia
  2017
  Boulder-Faced Log Dams as an Alternative for Gabion Check Dams in First-Order Ephemeral Streams with Coarse Bed Load in Ethiopia
  Geographical determinants of inorganic fertiliser sales and of resale prices in north Ethiopia
  2016
  Recovery of the aerial photographs of Ethiopia in the 1930s
  Grèzes litées and their genesis: the site of Enscherange in the Rhenish-Ardennes Massif as a case study
  2015
  Environmental Conservation for Food Production and Sustainable Livelihood in Tropical Africa
  Land Management in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands: Local and Global Perspectives; Past, Present and Future
  2014
  Environmental conditions and human drivers for changes to north Ethiopian mountain landscapes over 145 years
  Twentieth century land resilience in Montenegro and consequent hydrological response
  Lynchets in eastern Belgium — a geomorphic feature resulting from non-mechanised crop farming
  2012
  Belgium's burning coal tips – coupling thermographic ASTER imagery with topography to map debris slide susceptibility
  2011
  The use of the marasha ard plough for conservation agriculture in Northern Ethiopia
  Effect of beaver dams on the hydrology of small mountain streams: Example from the Chevral in the Ourthe Orientale basin, Ardennes, Belgium
  2010
  Digital Photographic Archives for Environmental and Historical Studies: An Example from Ethiopia
  Slope aspect affects geomorphic dynamics of coal mining spoil heaps in Belgium
  Impact of soil and water conservation measures on catchment hydrological response—a case in north Ethiopia
  2009
  Desertification? Northern Ethiopia re-photographed after 140 years
  Transhumance in the Tigray Highlands (Ethiopia) 
  How soil conservation affects the catchment sediment budget – a comprehensive study in the north Ethiopian highlands
  Effects of land use and land cover on sheet and rill erosion rates in the Tigray highlands, Ethiopia
  An upland farming system under transformation: Proximate causes of land use change in Bela-Welleh catchment (Wag, Northern Ethiopian Highlands)
  Land degradation and soil and water conservation in tropical highlands
  2008
  Spatial and temporal variation of soil organic carbon stocks in a lake retreat area of the Ethiopian Rift Valley
  
   
  Effects of region-wide soil and water conservation in semi-arid areas: the case of northern Ethiopia
  Environmental change, geomorphic processes and land degradation in tropical highlands
  Dynamics of soil erosion rates and controlling factors in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands – towards a sediment budget
  Soils and land use in the Tigray highlands (Northern Ethiopia)
  2007
  Interdisciplinary on-site evaluation of stone bunds to control soil erosion on cropland in Northern Ethiopia
  2006
  Processes and rates of rock fragment displacement on cliffs and scree slopes in an amba landscape, Ethiopia
  Comment on “Modelling the effect of soil and water conservation practices in Tigray, Ethiopia”  
  Assessment of gully erosion rates through interviews and measurements: a case study from northern Ethiopia
  2005
  Rainfall erosivity and variability in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands
  2004
  Human impact on the environment in the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands—a state of the art
  Environmental policy in Ethiopia: a rejoinder to Keeley and Scoones
  The effectiveness of loose rock check dams for gully control in Tigray, northern Ethiopia
  2002
  Spatial distribution of rock fragments in cultivated soils in northern Ethiopia as affected by lateral and vertical displacement processes
  Impact of road building on gully erosion risk: a case study from the Northern Ethiopian Highlands
  The environmental significance of the remobilisation of ancient mass movements in the Atbara–Tekeze headwaters, Northern Ethiopia
  2001
  Removal of rock fragments and its effect on soil loss and crop yield, Tigray, Ethiopia
  2000
  Soil and water conservation in Tigray (Northern E
caption: Ploughing in Tigray, Ethiopia
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