Soil Geography and Landscape Group
The chair group Soil Geography and Landscape (former name: Land Dynamics) aims to contribute to the sustainable soil management in a landscape context.
About usChair holder
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dr. J (Jakob) Wallinga Professor, group leader
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prof.dr. PC (Peter) de Ruiter Former Interim Chair
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prof.dr.ir. A (Tom) Veldkamp Former Chair Holder
Featured
Upcoming: “New Book on the Landscapes of the Netherlands”
The Netherlands show a colourful variety of geomorphological valuable landscapes.
Read moreOur research
Research of the chair Soil Geography and Landscape is focused on a number of issues that have a well defined place within a 'research chain', ranging from problem identification - in close interaction with stakeholders and specialists from other disciplines - to generation of answers and modelling.
Our courses
SGL is a major contributor to the WU Engineering degree (BSc level) programmes in Soil, Water & Atmosphere (also BLP, BMW, BIL). At the MSc level SGL is involved in programs such as MEE. See for more information on our BSc and MSc Courses, Topics for Student Research and MSc Thesis Students.
Recent Peer Reviewed Publications
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Mapping landscape services : a case study in a multifunctional rural landscape in The Netherlands
Ecological Indicators 24 (2013). - ISSN 1470-160X - p. 273 - 283.
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Volcanic disruption and drainage diversion of the palaeo-Hudut River, a tributary of the Early Pleistocene Gediz River, Western Turkey
Geomorphology 165-166 (2012). - ISSN 0169-555X - p. 62 - 77.
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Did tillage erosion play a role in millennial scale landscape development?
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 37 (2012)15. - ISSN 0197-9337 - p. 1615 - 1626.