Staff directory

Olivier Dewitte

Earth Sciences
Natural hazards and Cartography
Publications
  • Lutete Landu, E.,  Ilombe Mawe, G.,  Makanzu Imwangana, F.,  Bielders, C.,  Dewitte, O.,  Poesen, J.,  Hubert, A. & Vanmaercke, M. 2025. ‘The potential of runoff retention structures as a strategy to control urban gullying in tropical cities’. International Soil and Water Conservation Research 13: 217-234. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2024.11.002 .  I.F. 7.3.
  • Kanyiginya, V.,  Twongyirwe, R.,  Mubiru, D.,  Michellier, C.,  Ashepet, MG.,  Kagoro-Rugunda, G.,  Kervyn, M. & Dewitte, O. 2025. ‘Historicizing Natural Hazards and Human-Induced Landscape Transformation in a Tropical Mountainous Environment in Africa: Narratives from Elderly Citizens’. Land 14: 346. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/land14020346 .  I.F. 3.2.
  • Sibomana, P.,  Vanmaercke, M.,  Depicker, A.,  Tychon, B.,  Hubert, A. & Dewitte, O. 2025. ‘Effects of agricultural terraces on landslide occurrence: insights from a tropical mountainoous region (Rwanda, Africa)’. CATENA 253: 108898. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2025.108898 .  I.F. 5.7.
  • Mugaruka Bibentyo, T.,  Dewaele, S.,  Nzolang, C. & Dewitte, O. 2025. ‘Geological and Geomorphological Controls on Landslides: North Tanganyika-Kivu Rift Region, Tropical Africa’. Afrika Focus 38: 226–239. DOI: doi:10.1163/2031356X-20250112.  (PR).
  • Ferrer, JV.,  Moroz, CB.,  Yüksel, S.,  Dewitte, O.,  Lebek, K.,  Marwan, N.,  Kurths, J. & Korup, O. 2025. ‘Exposure to Large Landslides in Cities Outpaces Urban Growth’. Geophysical Research Letters 52: e2025GL115170. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115170 .  I.F. 4.6.
  • Ilombe Mawe, G.,  Lutete Landu, E.,  Dujardin, E.,  Makanzu Imwangana, F.,  Bielders, C.,  Hubert, A.,  Michellier, C.,  Nzolang, C.,  Poesen, J. & Dewitte, O. 2025. ‘Mapping urban gullies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’. Nature 644: 952-959. URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09371-7   I.F. 48.5.
  • Sekajugo, J.,  Kagoro-Rugunda, G.,  Mutyebere, R.,  Kabaseke, C.,  Mubiru, D.,  Kanyiginya, V.,  Vranken, L.,  Jacobs, L.,  Dewitte, O. & Kervyn, M. 2024. ‘Exposure and physical vulnerability to geo-hydrological hazards in rural environments: A field-based assessment in East Africa’. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. DOI: doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104282.  I.F. 4.2.
  • Maki Mateso, J.-C.,  Bielders, C.L. & Dewitte, O. 2024. ‘Living with landslides: land use on unstable hillslopes in a rural tropical mountainous environment in DR Congo’. Science of the Total Environment. DOI: 171624. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171624.  I.F. 8.2.
  • Ilombe Mawe, G.,  Lutete Landu, E.,  Makanzu Imwangana, F.,  Hubert, A.,  Dille, A.,  Bielders, C.L.,  Poesen, J.,  Dewitte, O. & Vanmaercke, M. 2024. ‘What controls the expansion of urban gullies in tropical environments? Lessons learned from contrasting cities in D.R. Congo’. Catena. DOI: doi:10.1016/j.catena.2024.108055.  I.F. 5.4.
  • Ferrer, J. V.,  Samprogna Mohor, G.,  Dewitte, O.,  Pánek, T.,  Reyes-Carmona, C.,  Handwerger, A L.,  Hürlimann, M.,  Köhler, L.,  Eshebaeva, K.,  Thieken, A.H.,  Tsou, C.Y.,  Urgilez Vinueza, A.,  Demurtas, V.,  Zhang, Y.,  Zhao, C.,  Marwan, N.,  Kurths, J. & Korup, O. 2024. ‘Human Settlement Pressure Drives Slow‐Moving Landslide Exposure’. Earth’s Future. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF004830.  I.F. 7.3.
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