Bodil Elmqvist is a researcher at LUCSUS currently working within the project Earth Observation for Global Health Actions funded by the Swedish National Space Board. The aim of the project is to assess the potential of detecting and predicting outbreaks of neglected tropical diseases with remote sensing and to understand future changes caused by climate change.
Elmqvist has previously worked in the MATISSE FP6 project. MATISSE (Methods and Tools for Integrated Sustainability Assessments) aimed to achieve a step-wise advance in the science and application of Integrated Sustainability Assessment (ISA) of EU policies. In order to reach this objective the core activity of the MATISSE project was to improve the tools available for conducting Integrated Sustainability Assessments. Within the MATISSE project Elmqvist was involved in a water case study based in the Ebro river basin of Spain.
Elmqvist received her Ph D in Physical Geography from Lund University in April 2006. She worked with environmental and social changes related to rural development in the African Sahel, a region located south of the Sahara where precipitation is sparse and highly varied. In order to study these changes she used a combination of methods including interviews and remote sensing. The fieldwork was carried out in Sudan.
Elmqvist teaches mainly at Lund University International Master’s Programme of Environmental Studies and Sustainability Sciences (LUMES) and Lund University International Master in Development and Management (LUMID). She teaches environmental health, rural development, natural resource management and geographical information systems.
Publications
Publications in international journals
Elmqvist B., Ardö J. and Olsson L. (2008), Land use studies in drylands: an evaluation of object-oriented classification of very high resolution panchromatic imagery, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29: 7129-7140.
Elmqvist B. and Khatir A. (2007) The potential of bush fallows with changing roles of agriculture – an analysis combining remote sensing and interview data from Sudanese drylands, Journal of Arid Environment, 70: 329-343.
Elmqvist B. and Olsson L. (2006) Livelihood diversification: continuity and change in the Sahel, Geojournal, 67: 167-180.
Elmqvist B., Olsson L., Elamin E. and Warren A. (2005) A traditional agroforestry system under threat: an analysis of the gum arabic market and cultivation in the Sudan, Agroforestry Systems, 64: 211-218.
Contributions to Conferences and Workshops
Edwald G., Elmqvist B., Wallman P., Olsson L., Tabara D. and Valkering P. (2007), Methods and Tools for Integrated Sustainability Assessments: Matisse, Sustainable Neighbourhood - from Lisabon to Leipzig through Research, Leipzig, Germany, 8-10 May 2007 (abstract).
Tabara D., Wallman P., Elmqvist B. and Valkering P. (2006), Participatory Modelling for the Integrated Sustainability Assessment of Water: The World Cellular Model and the Matisse Project, International Conference on Sustainability Measuring and Modelling - ICSMM 06, Terrassa, Spain, November 2006 (conference paper).
Elmqvist B. (2005), Livelihood Diversification: Continuity and Change in the Sahel,
The Inaugural Nordic Geographers Meeting: Power over time-space, Lund, Sweden, May 10-14 2005 (abstract and oral presentation).
Elmqvist B. (2005), Land Use Assessment in the Drylands of Sudan Using Historical and Recent High Resolution Satellite Data, Conference Proceedings: 31st International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment, St Petersburg, Russia, June 2004, (conference paper and oral presentation).
Elmqvist B. (2004), Poverty reduction and risk management in semi-arid Africa - the case of gum arabic in central Sudan, St Lucia wetlands, South Africa, June 2004 (oral presentation).
Elmqvist B. (2003), The Resilience of Traditional Agroforestry Systems, Local Land Use Strategies in a Globalizing World: Social and Natural Environments, Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, August 21-23, 2003 (poster presentation).
Elmqvist B. (2003), Tvärvetenskapliga avhandlingsämnen, Geografdagarna, 8 May 2003, Örebro (oral presentation).
Elmqvist B. (2002), Ett hotat jordbrukssystem i Sudan: gummi arabicum, Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University, 21 November 2002 (oral presentation).
Elmqvist B. (2001), Kan en bonde i Afrika tjäna pengar på växthuseffekten?, SSAG symposium for Ph D students, Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University, 15 November 2001, (poster presentation).
Reports etc.
Valkering, P., Offermans, A., Tàbara, D., Wallman, P., Elmqvist, B., Ewald, G. & Martens P. (2008). Modelling Cultural and Behavioural Change in Water Management: An
integrated, agent-based, gaming approach. Matisse working paper No. 25.
Tabara D., Wallman P., Elmqvist B., Ilhan A., Madrid C, Olsson L., Schilperoord M., Valkering P., Weaver P. (2007), Participatory modelling for the integrated sustainability assessment of water: The World Cellular Model and the MATISSE project, Matisse working paper No. 9.
Elmqvist B. (2006), Livelihood diversification and land use change in the Sahel: an interdisciplinary analysis of gum arabic in Sudan, Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis, Lund University, Ph D thesis.
Tàbara D., Elmqvist B., Ilhan A., Madrid C., Olsson L., Schilperoord M., Valkering P., Wallman P., Weaver P. (2006) Modelización participativa para la evaluación integrada de la sostenibilidad de los recursos hídricos: el Modelo del Mundo Celular y el Proyecto Matisse, Revista Internacional de Sostenibilidad, Tecnología y Humanismo, 1: 185-210.
Elmqvist B & Lundström J (2000), The Utility of NOAA AVHRR Data for Vegetation Studies in Semi-arid Regions: a minor field study in the Hoanib Catchment of Namibia, Department of Physical Geography, Lund University, MSc thesis.
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