Staff directory
Olivier Dewitte
Earth Sciences
Natural hazards
Natural hazards
Publications
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Depicker, A., Govers, G., Jacobs, L., Vanmaercke, M., Uwihirwe, J., Campforts, B., Kubwimana, D., Maki Mateso, J.-C., Mugaruka Bibentyo, T., Nahimana, L., Smets, B. & Dewitte, O. 2024. ‘Mobilization rates of landslides in a changing tropical environment: 60-year record over a large region of the East African Rift’. Geomorphology 454: 109156. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109156. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109156 I.F. 3.9.
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Mugaruka Bibentyo, T., Dille, A., Depicker, A., Smets, B., Vanmaercke, M., Nzolang, C., Dewaele, S. & Dewitte, O. 2024. ‘Landslides, bedrock incision and human-induced environmental changes in an extremely rapidly formed tropical river gorge’. Geomorphology 449: 109046. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.109046. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.109046 I.F. 3.9.
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Maki Mateso, J.-C., Bielders, C., Monsieurs, E., Depicker, A., Smets, B., Tambala, T., Bagalwa Mateso, L. & Dewitte, O. 2023. ‘Characteristics and causes of natural and human-induced landslides in a tropical mountainous region: the rift flank west of Lake Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo)’. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 23(2): 643-666. DOI: 10.5194/nhess-23-643-2023. URL: https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/23/643/2023/ I.F. 4.6.
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Lutete Landu, E., Ilombe Mawe, G., Makanzu Imwangana, F., Bielders, C., Dewitte, O., Poesen, J., Hubert, A. & Vanmaercke, M. 2023. ‘Effectiveness of measures aiming to stabilize urban gullies in tropical cities: Results from field surveys across D.R. Congo’. International Soil and Water Conservation Research 11: 14-29. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2022.10.003. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095633922000818 I.F. 6.4.
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Belayneh, L., Dewitte, O., Gulie, G., Poesen, J., O'Hara, D., Kassaye, A., Endale, T. & Kervyn, M. 2022. ‘Landslides and gullies interact as sources of lake sediments in a rifting context: insights from a highly degraded mountain environment’. Geosciences 12: 274. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12070274 . I.F. 2.7.
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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: 045011. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac5bb5. URL: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac5bb5/meta I.F. 6.947.
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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: 747–768. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-21-0106.1 . URL: https://journals.ametsoc.org/configurable/content/journals$002fhydr$002f23$002f5$002fJHM-D-21-0106.1.xml?t:ac=journals%24002fhydr%24002f23%24002f5%24002fJHM-D-21-0106.1.xml I.F. 4.871.
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Dille, A., Dewitte, O., Handwerger, A.L., d’Oreye, N., Derauw, D., Ganza Bamulezi, G., Ilombe Mawe, G., Michellier, C., Moeyersons, J., Monsieurs, E., Mugaruka Bibentyo, T., Samsonov, S., Smets, B., Kervyn, M. & Kervyn, F. 2022. ‘Acceleration of a large deep-seated tropical landslide due to urbanization feedbacks’. Nature Geoscience 15: 1048–1055. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01073-3. URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022-01073-3 I.F. 18.3.
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Dewitte, O., Depicker, A., Moeyersons, J. & Dille, A. 2022. ‘Mass Movements in Tropical Climates’. In: Shroder, J.J.F. (ed), Treatise on Geomorphology. Vol. 5. Elsevier, Academic Press, pp. 338–349. (PR) ISBN: 9780128182345. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00118-8.
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Deijns, A. A., Dewitte, O., Thiery, W., d'Oreye, N., Malet, J.-P. & Krevyn, F. 2022. ‘Timing landslide and flash flood events from SAR satellite: a new method illustrated in African cloud-covered tropical environments’. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-3679-2022. URL: https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/22/3679/2022/ I.F. 4.6.