Langezijds

prof.mr.dr.ir. J.A. Zevenbergen (Jaap)

Full Professor
ITC-SCI-PLAN
Langezijds 1437
j.a.zevenbergen@utwente.nl
+31534874351
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Expertise

  • Social Sciences

    • Land Tenure
    • Economic and Social Development
    • Africa
    • Ghana

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
    • Land Right
    • Cadastral

  • Computer Science

    • System Administration

Organisations

Ancillary activities

  • NWO DANSLid Wetenschappelijke Adviesraad DANS
  • WaarderingskamerOnafhankelijk Lid van de Waarderingskamer
  • Foundation for economic area development in Chadchairman board of trustees
  • ElsevierAssociate editor of journal Land Use Policy (LUP)
  • NCG - Ned. Centrum voor Geodesie en Geoinformaticavice-voorzitter NCG

Publications

2026

Exposed yet unmapped: Evidence of differential flood exposure in deprived urban areas using citizen science (2026)npj Urban Sustainability. Trento Oliveira, L., Campomanes V, F., Dijkstra, A. M., Belgiu, M., Adiku, P., Wanjiru, N., Onyango, L., Flor, R., Ibraimo, D., van den Bout, B., Zevenbergen, J. A. & Kuffer, M.https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-026-00428-8Benchmarking property institutions: Conceptual background and evidence from 85 jurisdictions (2026)World Development, 202(June). Article 107354. Deininger, K., Hilhorst, T., Nkurunziza, E. & Zevenbergen, J. A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2026.107354Accountable geo-intelligence: Mechanisms for protecting demographically identifiable information in humanitarian geo-intelligence workflows (2026)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). Masinde, B. K.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036571579Involuntary resettlement for infrastructural development projects: redesigning an evaluation framework on impacts on the population in host communities (2026)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). Adugbila, E. J.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036571395Understanding land tenure-related risks: A case study for Brazil (2026)[Contribution to conference › Paper] 2026 Land and Property Research Conference. Pansani Siqueira, G., Da Silva Mano, A., Zevenbergen, J. A., Kohli, D. & Bukvar Fernandes, V.https://www.conftool.org/LandResearchConference2026/index.php/309-Siqueira-213_paper.pdf?page=downloadPaper&filename=309-Siqueira-213_paper.pdf&form_id=213&form_version=finalImpact of construction land transition on staple crop diversity in China (2026)Land Degradation & Development, 2026. Article 70503 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Yao, X., Yang, T., Kohli, D., Zevenbergen, J. A. & Zeng, J.https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.70503Land tenure and land use dynamics in the context of pastoral and non-pastoral land use coexistence in Mvomero district, Tanzania (2026)Applied geography, 186. Article 103827. Tarimo, W. M., Chipofya, M. & Zevenbergen, J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103827STDM Conceptual Model in Action:: Towards Bridging Tenure Gaps to Meet Global Land Challenges (2026)[Book/Report › Report]. International Federation of Surveyors (FIG). Morscher-Unger, E. M., Zevenbergen, J. A. & Gitau, J.https://fig.net/resources/publications/figpub/pub86/Figpub86.pdf

2025

Beyond the loss of lives and properties: Uncovering the impacts of land conflict in Oyo State, Nigeria (2025)African Journal of Housing and Sustainable Development, 6(2), 88. Shiyanbola, R. E., Todorovski, D. & Zevenbergen, J. A.https://ajhsd.unilag.edu.ng/article/view/2733Competing frames and policy change: Greece’s land administration reform from the mid-1990s to the economic crisis (2009–2018) (2025)Land use policy, 158. Article 107733. Balla, E., Zevenbergen, J. A. & Madureira, A. M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107733

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Courses academic year 2026/2027

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Courses academic year 2025/2026

Courses academic year 2024/2025

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