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 2007

 
Dahlberg, A. & Östberg, W. 2007. Highland sanctuary: Environmental history in Tanzania's Usambara Mountains. Geografiska Annaler Series B-Human Geography, 89B, 85-87.
 
Macamo, S. & Risberg, J., 2007: The archaeology of Massingir, Gaza province, southern Mozambique. In: G. Pwiti, C. Radimilahy & F. Chami (eds): Settlements, economies and technology in the Africa past. Studies in the African Past 6, 67-81.
 
Ryner, M., Holmgren, K., Taylor, D. (2007). A c.1200-year record of vegetation dynamics and lake level changes from Lake Emakat, northern Tanzania. Journal of Palaeolimnology. DOI  0.1007/s10933-007-9184-0
 
Ryner, M. (2007). Past Environmental and climate changes in northern Tanzania; Vegetation and lake lavel variability in Empakaai Crater. PhD thesis. Department of Physcial Geography and Quaternary Geology. Stockholm University
 
Börjeson, L. (2007). Boserup Backwards? Agricultural intensification as ‘its own driving force’ in the Mbulu Highlands, Tanzania. Geografiska Annaler, Series B, Human Geography .
 
Gessesse Dessie (2007) Forest Decline in South Central Ethiopia Extent, history and process. Phd Thesis.
 
Gessesse Dessie & Christiansson, C. (2007). Forest decline and its causes in south-central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Human impact over a one hundred year perspective. Ambio.
 
Gessesse Dessie & Kleman, J. (2007). Pattern and Magnitude of Deforestation in the South Central Rift Valley Region of Ethiopia. Mountain Research & Development.
 
Håkansson, T. & Widgren, M. (2007). Labour and landscapes: The political economy of landesque capital in 19th century Tanganyika. Geografiska Annaler ser B.  
 
Klintenberg, P. & Verlinden, A. (2007). Water points and their influence on grazing resources in central northern Namibia: does tradition excel modern development goals? Land Degradation and Development.
 
Ryner, M., Gasse, F. , Rumes, B., Verschuren, D.. (2007) Climatic and hydrological instability in semi-arid equatorial East Africa during the late Glacial to Holocene transition: a multi-proxy reconstruction of aquatic ecosystem response in northern Tanzania. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
 
Widgren, M (2007) Pre-colonial landesque capital: a global perspective. In Hornborg, A., Martinez-Alier, J. and Mcneill, J.R. (eds), Rethinking Environmental History: World-System History and Global Environmental Change. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek. Link to Manuscript
 
Westerberg, L.-O., Holmgren, K., Börjeson, L., Ryner, M., and Laulumaa, V., 2007: The Initiation, development and decline of Engaruka irrigation system: climate-environmental driven, socio-economical driven or both? Paper presented at the American Society for Environmental History—Living on the Edge: Human Desires and Environmental Realities, Baton Rouge, Feb. 2007
 
2006
 
Risberg, J., 2006: Siliceous microfossils and lithostratigraphy at Degue-Mufa and Songo. In: S. Macamo (ed.): Priviliged places in south central Mozambique. The archaeology of Manyikeni, Niamara, Songo and Degue-Mufa. Studies in Global Archaeology 4, 258-263. Uppsala university, Department of Archeology and Ancient History
 
Karin Holmgren and Helena Öberg (2006): Climate Change in Southern and Eastern Africa during the Past Millennium and its Implications for Societal Development in Alf Hornborg and Carole Crumley (eds): The World System and The Earth System Global Socio-Environmental Change and Sustainability Since the Neolithic. Left coast press. 
 
Holmgren, Karin & Öberg, Helena: Climate change in Southern and Eastern Africa during the past millennium and its implications for societal development. Environment, Development and Sustainability, Vol 9, Number 1, 2006, pp. 185-195
 
Holmgren K : Climate-Human Society interactions during the Holocene. Geografiska Annaler Series A - Physical Geography 88A: 75-77 , 2006.
Klintenberg, P., Seely, M.K. and Christiansson, C. (2006): Local and national perceptions of enviornmental change in central northern Namibia; Do they correspond? Journal of Arid Environments.
 
Ryner MA, Bonnefille R, Holmgren K, et al.
Vegetation changes in Empakaai Crater, Northern Tanzania, at 14,800-9300 cal yr BP  REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY 140 (3-4): 163-174 JUL 2006
 
Widgren, M. (2006) Reading property in the landscape. Norwegian Journal of Geography vol 60. 2006.
 
Ryner, M., Holmgren, K. Westerberg, L.-O. and Öberg, H. 2006: Examine the role of environmental variability in a pre-historic intensive agricultural system in Eastern Africa. Poster presented at the HOLIVAR Open Science Meeting, London, June 2006. 
 
2005
 
Norstrom E, Holmgren K, Morth CM
Rainfall-driven variations in delta C-13 composition and wood anatomy of Breonadia salicina trees from South Africa between AD 1375 and 1995 SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 101 (3-4): 162-168 MAR-APR 2005 
 
Norström 2005: Climate and vegetation changes in South Africa during the Holocene. Licentiatavhandling i Geografi med Naturgeografisk inriktning. Institutionen för Naturgeografi och Kvartärgeologi, Stockholms universitet.
 
Lundblad K, Holmgren K Palaeoclimatological survey of stalagmites from coastal areas in Tanzania GEOGRAFISKA ANNALER SERIES A-PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 87A (1): 125-140 2005
 
 
Klintenberg, P. & Christiansson, C. (2005). Improved access to water: an enemy in disguise? Drainage basin management -Hard and soft solutions in regional development. Stockholm International Water Institute, Stockholm. 267-268.
 
 
Muzuka ANN, Ryner M, Holmgren K 12,000-Year, preliminary results of the stable nitrogen and carbon isotope record from the Empakai Crater lake sediments, Northern Tanzania  JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES 40 (5): 293-303 DEC 2004
 
2004
 
Börjeson, L., 2004: The history of Iraqw intensive agriculture. In Widgren, M. and Sutton, J.E.G. (eds.): Islands of Intensive Agriculture in Eastern Africa. James Currey publishers, Oxford.
 
Börjeson, L., 2004: A history under siege: intensive agriculture in the Mbulu Highlands, Tanzania, 19th century to the present. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm.  Buy or Free Download of PDF
 
Dahlberg, A.C., 2004: Discontinuity, distrust and discontent in conservation: Thoughts based on experiences from Southern and Eastern Africa. In Salzman, K. and Stenseke, M., (eds.): Landscape management with people in mind. Proceedings from a workshop at Lökeberg, 12-13 Nov 2003. Occasional Papers 2004:2, Department of Human and Economic Geography, Gothenburg university: 53-58.
 
Klintenberg, P. and Seely, M.K., 2004. Land degradation monitoring in Namibia: A first approximation. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 19: 21 pp.
 
Mayewski, P.A., Holmgren, K. and 14 others, 2004: Holocene climate variability. Quaternary Research 62: 243-255. 
 
Widgren, M., 2004: Towards a historical geography of intensive farming in eastern Africa. Widgren, M. and Sutton, J. (eds.): Islands of intensive agriculture in Eastern Africa. James Currey publishers, Oxford.
 
Widgren, M. and Sutton, J.E.G. (eds.), 2004: Islands of intensive agriculture in Eastern Africa. James Currey publishers, Oxford.
 
Widgren, M., 2004: bin Laden and the irrigation tunnels – two perspectives on sustainable social development. In Lundmark, F. (ed.): Culture, security and sustainable social development. Gidlund, Stockholm: 207-220.
 
Östberg, W., 2004: The Expansion of Marakwet Hill-Furrow Irrigation in the Kerio Valley of Kenya. In Widgren, M. and Sutton, J.E.G. (eds.): Islands of Intensive Agriculture in Eastern Africa. James Currey publishers, Oxford: 19-48. 
 
2003
 
Dahlberg, A.C., 2003: Geografisk landskapshistorisk forskning i södra Afrika: Relationer mellan ekologiska och sociala system. In Mårland, E. and Nordlund, C. (eds.): Värna, vårda, värdera: Miljöhistoriska aspekter och aspekter på miljöhistoria. Umeå, Landskapet som arena 5: 149-164. 
 
Dahlberg, A., 2003: Vad kan vi lära från Afrika? In Bladh, G. and Sandell, K. (eds.), Biosfärsområden i Sverige? Ett koncept och en kontext. Arbetsrapport från en workshop i Mattila, Värmland, 14-15 november 2002. Karlstads universitet, Inst för samhällsvetenskap, turism och fritid. Arbetsrapport 2003, 15: 44-50.
 
Ellery, W.N., Dahlberg, A.C., Strydom, R., Neal, M.J. and Jackson, J., 2003: Diversion of water flow from a floodplain wetland stream: an analysis of geomorphological setting and hydrological and ecological consequences. Journal of Environmental Management 68: 51-71.
 
Finch, A.A., Shaw, P.A., Holmgren, K. and Lee-Thorp, J., 2003: Corroborated rainfall records from aragonitic stalagmites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 215: 265-273.
 
Holmgren, K., Lee-Thorp, J.A., Cooper, G.R.J., Lundblad, K., Partridge, T.C., Scott, L., Sithaldeen, R., Talma, A.S. and Tyson, P.D., 2003: Persistent millennial-scale climate variability over the past 25,000 years in Southern Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews 22: 2311-2326.
 
Scott, L., Holmgren, K., Talma, A.S., Woodborne, S. and Vogel, J.C., 2003: Age interpretation of the Wonderkrater spring sediments and vegetation change in the Savanna Biome, Limpopo province, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99: 484-488.
 
Widgren, M., 2003: Historisk geografi i Afrika: utmaningar och lärdomar. (Inträdesföredrag den 4 juni 2002). Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antikvitetsakademiens årsbok 2003: 86-96.
 
Mburu, D.M., Westerberg, L.-O., Sandel, J. and Malmström, M., 2003: Mass movement and sedimentation of Chinga Dam in Othaya Division, Kenya. Poster presented at the conference “Local Land Use Strategies in a Globalizing World: Shaping Sustainable Social and Natural Environments”, Copenhagen, 21-23 August 2003.
 
Westerberg, L.-O., 2003: The ancient land use system at Engaruka: Environmental aspects of its rise and fall. In Dahlberg, A., H. Öberg, S. Trygger, K. Holmgren and P. Lane (eds.) Second PLATINA workshop 17-19 October 2002, Usa River, Arusha, Tanzania. Stockholm: EDSU No. 46: 15–16.
 
2002
 
Dahlberg, A. and Widgren, M., 2002: Sprucken jord och spruckna sanningar. Essä i Dagens forskning 21 januari 2002: 16-17.
 
Klintenberg, P. and Gustad, G., 2002: Monitoring desertification in Namibia. In Noongo, N., Reinikainen, T., Smit, W. and Hashiyana, E. (eds.): EMIN II Environmental Monitoring and Indicators Network. Department of Environmental Affairs, Windhoek: 133-148.  
 
2001
 
Östberg, W., Kangalawe, R.Y.M. and Christiansson, C., 2001: Changing land-use patterns and farming strategies in the degraded environment of the Irangi Hills, central Tanzania. Paper 1 In Kangalawe, R.Y.M.: Changing land-use patterns in the Irangi Hills, Central Tanzania. A study of soil degradation and adaptive farming strategies. Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University, Diss. No. 22