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De Vos, K., Campforts, B., Tits, L., Van Tricht, K., Bonte, K., Govers, G., & Jacobs, L. (2023). Potential and limitations of crowdsourced data for high-resolution rice mapping in Madagascar: The importance of representation. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 117, 103204.
2022
Broothaerts, N., Razanamahandry, V. F., Brosens, L., Campforts, B., Jacobs, L., Razafimbelo, T., Rafolisy, T., Verstraeten, G., Bouillon, S., & Govers, G. (2022). Vegetation changes and sediment dynamics in the Lake Alaotra region, central Madagascar. Holocene. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836221145376
Brosens, L., Broothaerts, N., Campforts, B., Jacobs, L., Razanamahandry, V. F., Van Moerbeke, Q., Bouillon, S., Razafimbelo, T., Rafolisy, T., & Govers, G. (2022). Under pressure: Rapid lavaka erosion and floodplain sedimentation in central Madagascar. Science of the Total Environment, 806(2), [150483]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150483[details]
Brosens, L., Campforts, B., Govers, G., Aldana-Jague, E., Razanamahandry, V. F., Razafimbelo, T., Rafolisy, T., & Jacobs, L. (2022). Comparative analysis of the Copernicus, TanDEM-X, and UAV-SfM digital elevation models to estimate lavaka (gully) volumes and mobilization rates in the Lake Alaotra region (Madagascar). Earth Surface Dynamics, 10(2), 209-227. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-209-2022[details]
Nakulopa, F., Vanderkelen, I., Van de Walle, J., Van Lipzig, N. P. M., Tabari, H., Jacobs, L., Tweheyo, C., Dewitte, O., & Thiery, W. (2022). Evaluation of High-Resolution Precipitation Products over the Rwenzori Mountains (Uganda). Journal of hydrometeorology, 23(5), 747-768. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-21-0106.1[details]
Razanamahandry, V. F., Dewaele, M., Govers, G., Brosens, L., Campforts, B., Jacobs, L., Razafimbelo, T., Rafolisy, T., & Bouillon, S. (2022). Stable isotope profiles of soil organic carbon in forested and grassland landscapes in the Lake Alaotra basin (Madagascar): insights in past vegetation changes. Biogeosciences, 19(16), 3825-3841. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-3825-2022[details]
Sekajugo, J., Kagoro-Rugunda, G., Mutyebere, R., Kabaseke, C., Namara, E., Dewitte, O., Kervyn, M., & Jacobs, L. (2022). Can citizen scientists provide a reliable geo-hydrological hazard inventory? An analysis of biases, sensitivity and precision for the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda. Environmental Research Letters, 17(4), [045011]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac5bb5[details]
Ashepet, MG., Jacobs, L., Van Oudheusden, M., & Huyse, T. (2021). Wicked Solution for Wicked Problems: Citizen Science for Vector-Borne Disease Control in Africa. Trends in Parasitology, 37(2), 93-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2020.10.004
Brees, J., Huyse, T., Tumusiime, J., Kagoro-Rugunda, G., Namirembe, D., Mugabi, F., Nyakato, V., Anyolitho, M. K., Tolo, C. U., & Jacobs, L. (2021). The Potential of Citizen-Driven Monitoring of Freshwater Snails in Schistosomiasis Research. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 6(1), [18]. https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.388[details]
Delima, G., Jacobs, L., Loopmans, M., Ekyaligonza, M., Kabaseke, C., Kervyn, M., & Mertens, K. (2021). DisCoord: co-creating DRR knowledge in Uganda through interaction in a serious game. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 60, 102303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102303
Depicker, A., Govers, G., Jacobs, L., Campforts, B., Uwihirwe, J., & Dewitte, O. (2021). Interactions between deforestation, landscape rejuvenation, and shallow landslides in the North Tanganyika--Kivu rift region, Africa. Earth Surface Dynamics, 9(3), 445-462. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-445-2021
Depicker, A., Jacobs, L., Mboga, N., Smets, B., Van Rompaey, A., Lennert, M., Wolff, E., Kervyn, F., Michellier, C., & Dewitte, O. (2021). Historical dynamics of landslide risk from population and forest-cover changes in the Kivu Rift. Nature Sustainability, 4, 965–974. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00757-9
Depicker, A., Jacobs, L., Mboga, N., Smets, B., Van Rompaey, A., Lennert, M., Wolff, E., Kervyn, F., Michellier, C., Dewitte, O., & Govers, G. (2021). Author Correction: Historical dynamics of landslide risk from population and forest-cover changes in the Kivu Rift. Nature Sustainability, 4(10), 920. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00788-2
Montanari, M., Jacobs, L., Haklay, M., Donkor, F. K., & Mondardini, M. R. (2021). Agenda 2030's,“Leave no one behind”, in citizen science? JCOM, Journal of Science Communication, 20(6), [A07]. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.20060207
Tack, B., Vita, D., Phoba, M-F., Mbuyi-Kalonji, L., Hardy, L., Barbe, B., Jacobs, J., Lunguya, O., & Jacobs, L. (2021). Direct association between rainfall and non-typhoidal Salmonella bloodstream infections in hospital-admitted children in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Scientific Reports, 11, [21617]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01030-x[details]
Zhao, M., Jacobs, L., Bouillon, S., & Govers, G. (2021). Rapid soil organic carbon decomposition in river systems: effects of the aquatic microbial community and hydrodynamical disturbance. Biogeosciences, 18, 1511–1523. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-1511-2021
2020
Depicker, A., Jacobs, L., Delvaux, D., Havenith, H-B., Mateso, J-CM., Govers, G., & Dewitte, O. (2020). The added value of a regional landslide susceptibility assessment: The western branch of the East African Rift. Geomorphology, 353, [106886]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.106886
Jacobs, L., Kervyn, M., Reichenbach, P., Rossi, M., Marchesini, I., Alvioli, M., & Dewitte, O. (2020). Regional susceptibility assessments with heterogeneous landslide information: Slope unit- vs. pixel-based approach. Geomorphology, 356, [107084]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107084
2019
Broeckx, J., Maertens, M., Isabirye, M., Vanmaercke, M., Namazzi, B., Deckers, J., Tamale, J., Jacobs, L., Thiery, W., Kervyn, M., Vranken, L., & Poesen, J. (2019). Landslide susceptibility and mobilization rates in the Mount Elgon region, Uganda. Landslides, 16(3), 571-584. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-018-1085-y
Jacobs, L., Kabaseke, C., Bwambale, B., Katutu, R., Dewitte, O., Mertens, K., Maes, J., & Kervyn, M. (2019). The geo-observer network: A proof of concept on participatory sensing of disasters in a remote setting. Science of the Total Environment, 670, 245-261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.177
Maes, J., Mertens, K., Jacobs, L., Bwambale, B., Vranken, L., Dewitte, O., Poesen, J., & Kervyn, M. (2019). Social multi-criteria evaluation to identify appropriate disaster risk reduction measures: application to landslides in the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda. Landslides, 16(9), 1793-1807. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-018-1030-0
2018
Jacobs, L., Dewitte, O., Poesen, J., Sekajugo, J., Nobile, A., Rossi, M., Thiery, W., & Kervyn, M. (2018). Field-based landslide susceptibility assessment in a data-scarce environment: the populated areas of the Rwenzori Mountains. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 18(1), 105-124. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-105-2018
Maes, J., Parra, C., Mertens, K., Bwambale, B., Jacobs, L., Poesen, J., Dewitte, O., Vranken, L., de Hontheim, A., Kabaseke, C., & Kervyn, M. (2018). Questioning network governance for disaster risk management: Lessons learnt from landslide risk management in Uganda. Environmental Science & Policy, 85, 163-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.04.002
Mertens, K., Jacobs, L., Maes, J., Poesen, J., Kervyn, M., & Vranken, L. (2018). Disaster risk reduction among households exposed to landslide hazard: A crucial role for self-efficacy? Land Use Policy, 75, 77-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.01.028
Monsieurs, E., Jacobs, L., Michellier, C., Tchangaboba, JB., Ganza, GB., Kervyn, F., Mateso, J-CM., Bibentyo, TM., Buzera, CK., Nahimana, L., Ndayisenga, A., Nkurunziza, P., Thiery, W., Demoulin, A., Kervyn, M., & Dewitte, O. (2018). Landslide inventory for hazard assessment in a data-poor context: a regional-scale approach in a tropical African environment. Landslides, 15(11), 2195-2209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-018-1008-y
Monsieurs, E., Kirschbaum, DB., Tan, J., Mateso, J-CM., Jacobs, L., Plisnier, P-D., Thiery, W., Umutoni, A., Musoni, D., Bibentyo, TM., Ganza, GB., Mawe, GI., Bagalwa, L., Kankurize, C., Michellier, C., Stanley, T., Kervyn, F., Kervyn, M., Demoulin, A., & Dewitte, O. (2018). Evaluating TMPA Rainfall over the Sparsely Gauged East African Rift. Journal of hydrometeorology, 19(9), 1507-1528. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-18-0103.1
2017
Jacobs, L., Dewitte, O., Poesen, J., Maes, J., Mertens, K., Sekajugo, J., & Kervyn, M. (2017). Landslide characteristics and spatial distribution in the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 134, 917-930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2016.05.013
Maes, J., Kervyn, M., de Hontheim, A., Dewitte, O., Jacobs, L., Mertens, K., Vanmaercke, M., Vranken, L., & Poesen, J. (2017). Landslide risk reduction measures: A review of practices and challenges for the tropics. Progress in Physical Geography, 41(2), 191-221. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309133316689344
Maes, J., Poesen, J., Parra, C., Kabaseke, C., Bwambale, B., Mertens, K., Jacobs, L., Dewitte, O., Vranken, L., de Hontheim, A., & Kervyn, M. (2017). Landslide risk management in Uganda: A multi-level policy approach. In Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides - Advances in Landslide Technology (Vol. 3, pp. 395-403). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53487-9
2016
Jacobs, L., Dewitte, O., Poesen, J., Delvaux, D., Thiery, W., & Kervyn, M. (2016). The Rwenzori Mountains, a landslide-prone region? Landslides, 13(3), 519-536. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-015-0582-5
Jacobs, L., Maes, J., Mertens, K., Sekajugo, J., Thiery, W., Lipzig, N. V., Poesen, J., Kervyn, M., & Dewitte, O. (2016). Reconstruction of a flash flood event through a multi-hazard approach: focus on the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda. Natural Hazards, 84, 851–876. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2458-y
Mertens, K., Jacobs, L., Maes, J., Kabaseke, C., Maertens, M., Poesen, J., Kervyn, M., & Vranken, L. (2016). The direct impact of landslides on household income in tropical regions: A case study from the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda. Science of the Total Environment, 550, 1032-1043.
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