Jan Nyssen

Research interests

Publications

• How fast do gully headcuts retreat?

  Earth-Science Reviews · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.01.009

• Comprehensive assessment of soil erosion risk for better land use planning in river basins: Case study of the Upper Blue Nile River

  The Science of The Total Environment · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.019

• Soil erosion and conservation in Ethiopia

  Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1177/0309133315598725

• Effects of land use, slope gradient, and soil and water conservation structures on runoff and soil loss in semi-arid Northern Ethiopia

  Physical Geography · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1080/02723646.2013.832098

• Impact of soil and water conservation measures on catchment hydrological response—a case in north Ethiopia

  Hydrological Processes · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7628

• The impacts of watershed management on land use and land cover dynamics in Eastern Tigray (Ethiopia)

  Resources Conservation and Recycling · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2008.11.007

• Runoff and sediment-associated nutrient losses under different land uses in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

  Journal of Hydrology · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.07.066

• Household livelihood strategies and forest dependence in the highlands of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

  Agricultural Systems · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2008.06.001

• The economic contribution of forest resource use to rural livelihoods in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

  Forest Policy and Economics · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2008.10.007

• Effectiveness of exclosures to restore degraded soils as a result of overgrazing in Tigray, Ethiopia

  Journal of Arid Environments · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.10.009

• Use of LIDAR‐derived images for mapping old landslides under forest

  Earth Surface Processes and Landforms · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.1417

• Runoff on slopes with restoring vegetation: A case study from the Tigray highlands, Ethiopia

  Journal of Hydrology · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.05.015

• Interdisciplinary on-site evaluation of stone bunds to control soil erosion on cropland in Northern Ethiopia

  Soil and Tillage Research · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2006.07.011

• Sediment deposition and pedogenesis in exclosures in the Tigray highlands, Ethiopia

  Geoderma · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2005.04.027

• Reservoirs in Tigray (Northern Ethiopia): characteristics and sediment deposition problems

  Land Degradation and Development · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.698

• Stone bunds for soil conservation in the northern Ethiopian highlands: Impacts on soil fertility and crop yield

  Soil and Tillage Research · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2005.08.004

• Effectiveness of stone bunds in controlling soil erosion on cropland in the Tigray Highlands, northern Ethiopia

  Soil Use and Management · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2005.tb00401.x

• Rainfall erosivity and variability in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands

  Journal of Hydrology · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.12.016

• The effectiveness of hillshade maps and expert knowledge in mapping old deep-seated landslides

  Geomorphology · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.11.001

• Human impact on the environment in the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands—a state of the art

  Earth-Science Reviews · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0012-8252(03)00078-3

• Impact of road building on gully erosion risk: a case study from the Northern Ethiopian Highlands

  Earth Surface Processes and Landforms · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.404

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