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Overview

A. Veldkamp is affiliated with the University of Twente in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively across multiple disciplines related to Earth sciences and social sciences. Their research spans 21 publications in Earth and Planetary Sciences and 12 in Social Sciences, with significant focus on specific subfields including Anthropology, Atmospheric Science, Archeology, Geophysics, and Soil Science.

The primary research topics covered by A. Veldkamp include:

  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies

A. Veldkamp has published in a range of scientific journals reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their work. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Quaternary Environments and Humans
  • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Reviews of Geophysics

Some recent papers authored by or associated with A. Veldkamp are:

  • "Ten facts about land systems for sustainability" (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Bayesian geostatistical modelling of stunting in Rwanda: risk factors and spatially explicit residual stunting burden" (2022), BMC Public Health
  • "Monitoring and Modeling the Soil-Plant System Toward Understanding Soil Health" (2025), Reviews of Geophysics
  • "Hominin homelands of East Java: Revised stratigraphy and landscape reconstructions for Plio-Pleistocene Trinil" (2021), Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Early Pleistocene River Terraces of the Gediz River, Turkey: The role of faulting, fracturing, volcanism and travertines in their genesis" (2020), Geomorphology

Collaborative efforts are a notable aspect of A. Veldkamp's academic profile. Frequent co-authors include:

  • H.W.K. Berghuis
  • Shinatria Adhityatama
  • Eduard Pop
  • J.M. Schoorl
  • Josephine C.A. Joordens

Best Publications

  • Modeling the Spatial Dynamics of Regional Land Use: The CLUE-S Model

    Peter H. Verburg;Welmoed Soepboer;A. Veldkamp;Ramil Limpiada

  • From land cover change to land function dynamics: a major challenge to improve land characterization

    Peter H. Verburg;Jeannette van de Steeg;A. Veldkamp;Louise Willemen

  • A spatial explicit allocation procedure for modelling the pattern of land use change based upon actual land use

    P.H. Verburg;G.H.J. de Koning;K. Kok;A. Veldkamp

  • Spatial autocorrelation in multi-scale land use models

    K.P. Overmars;K.P. Overmars;G.H.J. de Koning;A. Veldkamp

  • Downscaling of land use change scenarios to assess the dynamics of European landscapes

    Peter H. Verburg;C.J.E. Schulp;N. Witte;A. Veldkamp

  • Land use change under conditions of high population pressure : the case of Java

    Peter H. Verburg;A. Veldkamp;Johan Bouma

  • DEM resolution effects on shallow landslide hazard and soil redistribution modelling

    L.F.G. Claessens;G.B.M. Heuvelink;J.M. Schoorl;A. Veldkamp

  • Three-dimensional landscape process modelling : the effect of DEM resolution

    J. M. Schoorl;M. P. W. Sonneveld;A. Veldkamp

  • Simulation of changes in the spatial pattern of land use in China

    P.H. Verburg;A. Veldkamp;L.O. Fresco

  • A 30 000 yr record of erosion rates from cosmogenic 10Be in Middle European river terraces

    M. Schaller;F. von Blanckenburg;A. Veldkamp;L.A. Tebbens

  • Projecting land use transitions at forest fringes in the Philippines at two spatial scales

    Peter H. Verburg;A. Veldkamp

  • Comparison of a deductive and an inductive approach to specify land suitability in a spatially explicit land use model

    K.P. Overmars;K.P. Overmars;P.H. Verburg;A. Veldkamp

  • Analysis of the effects of land use change on protected areas in the Philippines

    P.H. Verburg;K.P. Overmars;K.P. Overmars;M.G.A. Huigen;M.G.A. Huigen;W.T. de Groot

  • A method and application of multi-scale validation in spatial land use models

    Kasper Kok;Andrew Farrow;A Veldkamp;Peter H Verburg

  • Evaluating impact of spatial scales on land use pattern analysis in Central America

    Kasper Kok;A Veldkamp

  • Modelling interactions and feedback mechanisms between land use change and landscape processes

    L. Claessens;L. Claessens;J.M. Schoorl;P.H. Verburg;L. Geraedts

  • Linking land use and landscape process modelling: a case study for the Alora region (south Spain)

    J.M. Schoorl;A. Veldkamp

  • Modeling water and soil redistribution in a dynamic landscape context

    J.M. Schoorl;A. Veldkamp;J. Bouma

  • Land use in Ecuador: a statistical analysis at different aggregation levels.

    G.H.J de Koning;A Veldkamp;L.O Fresco

  • A spatially explicit methodology to quantify soil nutrient balances and their uncertainties at the national level

    J. P. Lesschen;J. J. Stoorvogel;E. M. A. Smaling;E. M. A. Smaling;G. B. M. Heuvelink

  • Scenario-based studies of future land use in Europe

    P.H. Verburg;A. Veldkamp;M.D.A. Rounsevell

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter H. Verburg
Peter H. Verburg Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Lieven Claessens
Lieven Claessens Wageningen University & Research
Kasper Kok
Kasper Kok Wageningen University & Research
Darrel Maddy
Darrel Maddy Newcastle University
Jan Wijbrans
Jan Wijbrans Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
R.T. van Balen
R.T. van Balen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jakob Wallinga
Jakob Wallinga Wageningen University & Research
Johan Bouma
Johan Bouma Wageningen University & Research
Danielle C. Schreve
Danielle C. Schreve Royal Holloway University of London
David R. Bridgland
David R. Bridgland Durham University

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