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Combining quantitative field and modelling approaches towards understanding landscape dynamics: an evolution of ideas spanning Jef Vandenberghe's research career

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2014

G. Verstraeten
G. Verstraeten*
Affiliation:
Division of Geography, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 E, P.O. Box 2409, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium. Email: [email protected].
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Geomorphology as a scientific discipline has underwent major developments since the mid 20th century. From its original descriptive nature aiming to understand landscape evolution, it developed towards a more process-based oriented discipline. To a large extent this evolution followed a quantitative approach whereby modelling becomes more and more important. A schism between applied or engineering geomorphology and system-based geomorphology aiming at understanding landscape change emerges in the 1950-1960's. Only at the end of the 20th century – early 21st century, integration of quantitative field-based approaches on longer term issues of landscape evolution with numerical modelling emerges. This is particularly true for the Holocene for which the importance of human impact on geomorphic processes and landforms became acknowledged. With respect to landscape evolution on much longer timescales, the development of tectonic geomorphology becomes apparent. In this paper, some evolution of ideas and trends within geomorphology with respect to understanding landscape dynamics are summarised and put into the career perspective of Jef Vandenberghe.

Keywords

quantitative geomorphologynumerical modellingprocess geomorphologyJef Vandenberghehuman impactsediment dynamics
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Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 91 , Issue 1-2 , September 2012 , pp. 233 - 244
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Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2012

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