Dr. Franziska Steinbruch
List of Publications
Steinbruch, F. and Eucker, D. (2013) Guideline: Vulnerability assessment to climate change in urban
areas. (in Portuguese), GIZ Climate Adaptation Program, Mozambique.
Steinbruch, F. (2013) Training Manual about the use of new technologies in gold processing, Integrated
Transboundary Pungue River Basin Development Programme, Regional Water Authority of
Mozambique.
Kusangaya, S. and Steinbruch, F. (2012) The threat of forest degradation on conservation: Land use land
cover change for Gorongosa Mountain, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. 9th AARSE on Earth
Observation & Geo-information Sciences for Environment and Development in Africa. 29Oct-2Nov in El
Jadida, Morocco.
Steinbruch, F. and Weise, S.M. (2012) Fingerprinting and remote sensing for the conservation of the
Lake Urema Wetland, Mozambique. FH-DGG, 16-18th May in Dresden.
Steinbruch, F. and Weise, S.M. Stable Water Isotopes and Sr-Isotopes for Fingerprinting – Case of Lake
Urema Wetland, Mozambique. (TecDoc in preparation).
Short, A., Kusangaya, S., Conneely, B. and Steinbruch, F. (2012) Resetting the clock - Removal and
recovery of herbivore biomass and the affect on the vegetation dynamics of Gorongosa National Park,
Mozambique . IALE-US, Annual Symposium, Newport, RI, April 8-12, 2012.
Arvidsson, K.; Stenberg, L.; Chirindja, F.; Dahlin, T.; Owen, R.; Steinbruch, F., 2011: A Hydrogeological
study of the Nhandugue River, Mozambique - a major groundwater recharge zone. Journal of the
Physics and the Chemistry of the Earth, 36 (2011), 789-797.
Steinbruch, F. Geology and geomorphology of the Urema Graben with emphasis on the evolution of
Lake Urema. J. Afr. Earth Sci. 58 (2010), 272-284.
Steinbruch, F. and Merkel, B.M. Characterization of a Pleistocene thermal spring in Mozambique.
Hydrogeology Journal. Vol 16 , Issue 8 (2008), page 1655.
Steinbruch, F., 2007: Hydrological Research for Adaptive Management of Gorongosa National Park –
Principles and Priorities, GAWN-DAAD Expert Seminar on “Integrated Watershed Management”, 411Nov 2007, Bagamoyo, Tanzania.
Steinbruch, F., Weise, S.M., 2007: Characterization of the Stable Isotope Composition in Precipitation of
the Urema Catchment / Mozambique. 8th Waternet Symposium, 31Oct – 3Nov 2007, Lusaka, Zambia.
Beilfuss, R., Steinbruch, F., Owen, R., 2007: Hydrological monitoring and research strategy of Gorongosa
National Park. Gorongosa Research Center, Internal Report.
Stalmans M., Beilfuss R., Steinbruch F., Tinley K., 2007: Restoration of the Greater Gorongosa Ecosystem
– a scaled approach towards vegetation monitoring as part of an adaptive management system. Krueger
Science Network Meeting.
Eriksen,S., Nazare,F., Vogel, C. , Steinbruch,F., Ziervogel, G., 2006: Vulnerability assessments in the
developing world: Mozambique and South Africa. In: Environmental Vulnerability Assessment for Policy
and Decision-Making, ed. Anthony Patt, Richard Klein, Anne de la Vega-Leinert. EarthScan.
Boehme, B., Steinbruch, F., Gloaguen, R., Heilmeier, H., Merkel, B., 2006: Geomorpholgy, hydrology, and
ecology of Lake Urema/Central Mozambique with Focus on Lake Extent Changes, Journal of the Physics
and the Chemistry of the Earth, Vol 31, pp745.
Steinbruch, F., Macario, L., 2005: Linking databases of different sources and scales for groundwater
research in the Urema River Basin/Central Mozambique. Water Resources Management, Vol.21 (1),
pp171.
Kienberger, S., Steinbruch, F., Luis, A., Gomes, A., Blaschke, T., 2005. The potential of community
mapping and community integrated GIS: A study in the Sofala Province, Mozambique. In Schrenk, M.
(ed.): 10th International symposium on information and communication technology in urban areas and
spatial planning and impacts of ICT on physical space. CORP 2005. Vienna, 697-703
Steinbruch, F., Kienberger, S., Zeil, P., Chissancho, D.M., 2005. Decentralizing GIS- The changing
requirements for geoinformation in Mozambique. AfricaGIS 2005 Beyond Talk: Geo-information working
for Africa, Tshwane, South Africa, 30.10. – 4.11. 2005.
Kienberger, S. and Steinbruch, F., 2005. P-GIS and disaster risk management: Assessing vulnerability with
PGIS methods – Experiences from Buzi, Mozambique. Mapping for Change, International conference on
Participatory Spatial Information Management and Communication, P’GIS 05, 7-10 Sep 2005.
Steinbruch, F., 2004: Hazard and vulnerability assessment of communities in Buzi and Chibabava
Districts in Central Mozambique. GTZ-INGC, Beira, Mozambique.
Steinbruch, F., Gall, M. and Jose, F.; (2002): Remote sensing and GIS for documentation and evaluation
of the socio-economic and environmental impact of the floods 2000 in Central Mozambique.
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vol. XXXIV, Part 6/W6, Commission VI.
ISPRS WG VI/1 and WG VI/3, pp59.