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Peter Verburg is professor Environmental Spatial Analysis and leads the Environmental Geography group that is part of the Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Peter is named a Highly Cited Researcher, his publications being amongst the top 1% most cited in the Web of Science. Peter has established a leading position in the field of land use analysis and modelling. He has developed and applied a wide range of methods to analyze spatial patterns of land use at scales from local to global. Methods used in his research originate from different disciplines, including social sciences (interviews, participatory workshops, multi-level statistics, foresight and scenario studies), econometrics (efficiency analysis, spatial econometrics), geography (accessibility analysis, spatial modelling, remote sensing) and earth sciences (biogeochemical modelling).
Having worked with collaborators from this wide variety of fields Peter has established insight in the different disciplinary traditions and vocabularies which facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration. His work on regional and global scale land use modeling has resulted in one of the most frequently used land use models worldwide (CLUE). Peter is the former chair of the Global Land Programme of Future Earth and is actively involved in several EU-level research projects in the field of land use, sustainable city planning, climate change adaptation, rural development and ecosystem services. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles and several book chapters. He has organized workshops and post-graduate courses on the topic of land use modelling and ecosystem services.
Currently he is a member of the Earth Commission (www.earthcommission.org), a member of the Science-Policy Interface of UNCCD, and co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Landscape and Urban Planning.
Expertise
Land change analysis, spatial analysis and modelling, landscape ecology, ecosystem services, interdisciplinary analysis of human-environment interactions, environmental decision making, scenarios, multi-functional land use, sustainable intensification, landscape aestetics.
Education
2000: PhD. Land Use Modelling, Wageningen University.
1996: MSc. Physical Geography, Wageningen University.
Professional employment history
- 2010-present: Professor Environmental Spatial Analysis, Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam
- 2009-2010: Senior Researcher at Alterra, WUR
- 2003-2010: Assistant professor, Land dynamics group, Wageningen University
- 2001-2003: Post-doc, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Utrecht University
- 2000-2003: Post-doc, Laboratory of Soil Science and Geology, Wageningen University
- 1996-2000: Junior researcher, Department of Agronomy, Wageningen University
Publications
For an overview of my publications please visit my ResearchGate profile.
Ancillary activities
- Elsevier publisher | Amsterdam | co-editor-in-chief | 2019-01-01 - 2023-12-31
- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL | Birmensdorf | Medewerker | 2020-03-01 - present
Ancillary activities are updated daily
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Achieving a nature- and people-positive future
Obura, D. O., DeClerck, F., Verburg, P. H., Gupta, J., Abrams, J. F., Bai, X., Bunn, S., Ebi, K. L., Gifford, L., Gordon, C., Jacobson, L., Lenton, T. M., Liverman, D., Mohamed, A., Prodani, K., Rocha, J. C., Rockström, J., Sakschewski, B., Stewart-Koster, B., van Vuuren, D., & 2 others, 17 Feb 2023, In: One Earth. 6, 2, p. 105-117 13 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
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A multi-data approach to evaluate progress towards land degradation neutrality in Central Asia
Khazieva, E., Malek, Ž. & Verburg, P. H., Oct 2023, In: Ecological Indicators. 154, p. 1-11 1 p., 110529.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Banking on strong rural livelihoods and the sustainable use of natural capital in post-conflict Colombia
Banerjee, O., Cicowiez, M., Malek, Z., Verburg, P. H., Vargas, R., Goodwin, S., Bagstad, K. J. & Murillo, J. Á., 20 Aug 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Environment, Development and Sustainability.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Climate change impacts on tree crop suitability in Southeast Asia
Appelt, J. L., Saphangtong, T., Malek, Z., Verburg, P. H. & van Vliet, J., Sept 2023, In: Regional Environmental Change. 23, 3, p. 1-14 14 p., 117.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Co-occurrences and species distribution models show the structuring role of dominant species in the Vez watershed, in Portugal
Alves, C., Marcos, B., Gonçalves, J., Verburg, P., Pellissier, L. & Lomba, A., Jul 2023, In: Ecological Indicators. 151, p. 1-10 10 p., 110306.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
Courses
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Bright spots of climate smart agriculture – learning from high-performing farming systems (BrightspotsCSA)
Schulp, N., Levers, C., Verkuil, L., Nooij, J. & Verburg, P. H.
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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CONtract SOLutions for Effective and lasting delivery of agri-environmental-climate public goods by EU agriculture and forestry
Schulp, N., Harmanny, K., Verburg, P. H., Hackbarth, T. X., Farokhi, A. & van Rosmalen, R.
1/05/19 → 31/10/22
Project: Research
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Land-use change modelling capacity building for the Mekong region
Verburg, P. H. & van Vliet, J.
1/04/14 → 1/07/17
Project: Research
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Advocacy work on fossil fuel collaborations in academia
Petra Verdonk (Participant), Julia Schaumburg (Participant), C Kaupa (Participant), Niels Debonne (Participant), Edina Doci (Participant), Koen Lemaire (Participant), I. Maas (Participant), Marthe Wens (Participant), Hans Ossebaard (Participant), J. Leggett (Participant), Peter H. Verburg (Participant), PH Pattberg (Participant), M. Holland (Participant), D Iannuzzi (Participant), Pim Klaassen (Participant) & Remco Kort (Participant)
1 Jan 2023 → 15 Aug 2023Activity: Other
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Land use impacts of the Chinese 2035 biodiversity strategy
Žiga Malek (Consultant), J van Vliet (Consultant), Peter H. Verburg (Consultant) & Elizaveta Khazieva (Consultant)
2021 → 2022Activity: Consultancy
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Land use modeling for the Integrated economic-environmental modeling + Ecosystem Services Modeling Platform
Žiga Malek (Consultant), Cecilia Zagaria (Consultant), Sean Goodwin (Consultant) & Peter H. Verburg (Consultant)
2020 → 2022Activity: Consultancy
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Ecosystem accounting geospatial data support
Žiga Malek (Consultant), Peter H. Verburg (Consultant) & Katharina Schulze (Consultant)
2019 → 2021Activity: Consultancy
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Climate change impacts on Fairtrade farmers
Žiga Malek (Consultant), Claudia Parra Paitan (Consultant) & Peter H. Verburg (Consultant)
2019 → 2021Activity: Consultancy
Datasets
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Pantropical distribution of short-rotation woody plantations under current and future climate
Schulze, K. (Creator), Malek, Ž. (Creator), Schepaschenko, D. (Creator), Lesiv, M. (Creator), Fritz, S. (Creator) & Verburg, P. H. (Creator), DataverseNL, 18 May 2023
DOI: 10.34894/T3A3RM
Dataset
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Land degradation data for Central Asia
Khazieva, E. (Creator), Malek, Ž. (Creator) & Verburg, P. H. (Creator), DataverseNL, 26 Jun 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34894/E3YYWC
Dataset
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Data and model for simulating land system changes in China (2015-2050)
Wang, Y. (Creator), van Vliet, J. (Creator), Debonne, N. (Creator), Pu, L. (Creator) & Verburg, P. H. (Creator), DataverseNL, 2021
DOI: 10.34894/O8ZHGT, https://doi.org/10.34894/O8ZHGT
Dataset
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Global spatial distribution of organic farmers
Malek, Z. (Contributor), Tieskens, K. (Contributor) & Verburg, P. H. (Contributor), Unknown Publisher, 1 Jan 2019
DOI: 10.34894/w9tzs8, https://doi.org/10.34894%2Fw9tzs8
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Replication Data for: Fusing Earth observation and socioeconomic data to increase the transferability of large-scale urban land use classification
Rosier, J. (Contributor), Taubenböck, H. (Contributor), Verburg, P. H. (Contributor) & van Vliet, J. (Contributor), DataverseNL, 1 Jan 2022
DOI: 10.34894/5bbsu6, https://dataverse.nl/citation?persistentId=doi:10.34894/5BBSU6
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