Ian Simmons
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Ian Simmons's Degrees
- Bachelors Geography University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Ian Gordon Simmons is a British geographer. He retired as Professor of Geography from the University of Durham in 2001. He has made significant contributions to environmental history and prehistoric archaeology.
Ian Simmons's Published Works
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Published Works
- Foraging and Farming: The Evolution of Plant Exploitation (1990) (303)
- Changing the face of the earth (1989) (137)
- Interpreting Nature: Cultural Constructions of the Environment (1993) (124)
- Changing the Face of the Earth: Culture, Environment, History (1989) (114)
- Introduction to World Forestry (1989) (99)
- The Environment in British prehistory (1981) (83)
- Mid-holocene adaptations and later Mesolithic forest disturbance in Northern England (1987) (81)
- Mid-Holocene charcoal stratigraphy, fire history and palaeoecology at North Gill, North York Moors, UK (2000) (76)
- The Ecology of Natural Resources. (1975) (70)
- An environmental history of Great Britain: from 10,000 years ago to the present. (2001) (66)
- The Environmental Impact of Later Mesolithic Cultures: The Creation of Moorland Landscape in England and Wales (1996) (65)
- The River Volga and Its Life (1981) (61)
- Environmentalist thinking and/in geography (2010) (52)
- Environmental History: A Concise Introduction (1993) (52)
- Woodland disturbance and possible land-use regimes during the Late Mesolithic in the English uplands: pollen, charcoal and non-pollen palynomorph evidence from Bluewath Beck, North York Moors, UK (2010) (52)
- Towards an ecology of mesolithic man in the uplands of great britain (1975) (49)
- Testing the integrity of fine spatial resolution palaeoecological records: microcharcoal data from near-duplicate peat profiles from the North York Moors, UK (2004) (49)
- POLLEN DIAGRAMS FROM THE NORTH YORK MOORS (1969) (49)
- The Moorlands of England and Wales: An Environmental History, 8000 BC - AD 2000 (2003) (47)
- POLLEN DIAGRAMS FROM DARTMOOR (1964) (45)
- Tree remains in a North York Moors peat profile (1981) (44)
- People, Land and Time: An Historical Introduction to the Relations Between Landscape, Culture and Environment (1998) (41)
- Disturbance Phases in the Mid-Holocene Vegetation at North Gill, North York Moors: Form and Process (1996) (40)
- Prehistoric Charcoal in Peat Profiles at North Gill, North Yorkshire Moors, England (1996) (34)
- The moorlands of England and Wales (2003) (32)
- Vegetation change during the Mesolithic in the British Isles: some amplifications (1993) (31)
- Late Quaternary Vegetational History of the North York Moors. I. Pollen Analyses of Blanket Peats (1974) (30)
- The possible role of ivy (Hedera helix L.) in the mesolithic economy of Western Europe (1974) (28)
- Late Quaternary Vegetational History of the North York Moors. X. Investigations on East Bilsdale Moor (1988) (25)
- Spatial diversity in the mid-Flandrian vegetation history of North Gill, North Yorkshire. (1993) (25)
- Global Environmental History: 10,000 BC to AD 2000 (2008) (25)
- Environment and Early Man on Dartmoor, Devon, England (1970) (24)
- Biogeography: Natural and cultural (1979) (23)
- Prehistoric activity and environment on the North York Moors (1976) (21)
- A FURTHER POLLEN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE BLACKLANE PEAT SECTION ON DARTMOOR, ENGLAND (1983) (21)
- Two pollen diagrams from the same site. (1989) (21)
- Global Environmental History (2008) (20)
- Late Quaternary Vegetational History of the North York Moors. IX. Numerical Analysis and Pollen Concentration Analysis of Flandrian II Peat Profiles from North Gill, Glaisdale Moor (1988) (20)
- Late Quaternary Vegetational History of the North York Moors. VIII. Correlation of Flandrian II Litho- and Pollen Stratigraphy at North Gill, Glaisdale Moor (1988) (20)
- An Episode of Prehistoric Canopy Manipulation at North Gill, North Yorkshire, England (1996) (20)
- Inorganic Layers in Soligenous Mires of the North Yorkshire Moors (1975) (16)
- Ecology and Land Use (1966) (15)
- Earth, Air and Water: Resources and Environment in the Late 20th Century (1991) (15)
- Rural Recreation in the Industrial World. (1976) (13)
- The ecology of an episode of prehistoric cereal cultivation on the North York Moors, England (1996) (13)
- Humanity and environment : a cultural ecology (1997) (13)
- Resource management and conservation (1980) (13)
- The Later Mesolithic Period (6000–5000bp) on Glaisdale Moor, North Yorkshire (1988) (12)
- The Mid-Holocene Ecological History of the Moorlands of England and Wales and its Relevance for Conservation (1990) (12)
- The Effect of Recreation on Freshwater Lochs and Reservoirs in Scotland. (1982) (11)
- Mesolithic Environments at Star Carr, the Eastern Vale of Pickering and Environs: Local and Regional Contexts (2011) (10)
- Late Quaternary Vegetational History of the North York Moors. II. Pollen Analyses of Landslip Bogs (1974) (9)
- Land and Archaeology: Histories of Human Environment in the British Isles (2000) (8)
- Ecology into Landscape: some English Moorlands in the Later Mesolithic (2001) (8)
- Rural landscapes between the East Fen and the Tofts in south-east Lincolnshire 1100–1550 (2013) (8)
- Conservation of the California Coast Redwood and its Environment (1975) (7)
- “TO CIVILITY AND TO MAN'S USE”: HISTORY, CULTURE, AND NATURE* (1998) (6)
- Permaculture One: A Perennial Agriculture for Human Settlement , by B. Mollison & David Holmgren. Corgi Books, London, UK & Melbourne, Australia: vii + 128 pp., 28 × 21.7 × 0.9 cm, paperbound, $Aust. 4.95, $NZ.5.50, 1978. (1980) (5)
- The World Scale (2004) (5)
- Geography of the biosphere: An introduction to the nature, distribution and evolution of the world's life zones and , (London: Butterworth, 1983. Pp. xi + 413. E35.00) (1984) (5)
- Wilderness in the Mid-Twentieth Century U.S.A. (1966) (5)
- The Earliest Cultural Landscapes of England (1988) (5)
- Resource management and conservation (1978) (4)
- Anthropogenic Indicators in Pollen Diagrams. Edited by K.-E. Behre (1988) (4)
- Barriers to a Better Environment. What Stops Us Solving Environmental Problems (1993) (4)
- The Excavation of a Stone Alignment and Circle at Cholwichtown, Lee Moor, Devonshire, England (1964) (4)
- Environmental impact of an opencast operation in the Forest of Dean, England (1984) (4)
- The Age of the Late Mesolithic on the North York Moors, England: radiocarbon dating a small flint tool stratified in peat from East Bilsdale Moor (2012) (4)
- Fen and Sea: Medieval and Early Modern Landscape Evolution in South-East Lincolnshire Before 1700 (2017) (3)
- The landscape development of the Tofts of south-east Lincolnshire 1100–1650 (2015) (3)
- Creating dry land in S.E. Lindsey (Lincolnshire, England) before ad 1550 (2014) (3)
- Natural resources and their management (1977) (3)
- Environmental thought: the last 25 years (1996) (3)
- LAND USE ECOLOGY AS A THEME IN BIOGEOGRAPHY (1970) (3)
- The protection of ecosystems and landscapes in Hokkaido, Japan (1973) (3)
- Resources: Environment and Policy@@@Natural Resources. Allocation, Economics and Policy@@@Environmental Policies. An International Review (1986) (2)
- OUTDOOR RECREATION AS A LAND USE IN THE U.S.A. (1967) (2)
- The domestication of the earth (2003) (2)
- Ten millennia of changes in ecology and culture (2006) (2)
- A red deer (Cervus elaphus L.) skeleton from seamer carrs, Cleveland, England: Provenance of the skeleton and palaeoecology of the site (1982) (2)
- The Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak, 2001: The Consequences for the Rural Landscapes of Britain (2001) (2)
- Environmental Change and Energy (2004) (2)
- The emergence of the south Lindsey coast of the Wash before Domesday (2017) (1)
- The Restoration of Land. The Ecology and Reclamation of Derelict and Degraded Land. (1982) (1)
- Lateglacial to Mid-Holocene Vegetation History in the Eastern Vale of Pickering, Northeast Yorkshire, UK: Pollen Diagrams from Palaeolake Flixton (2022) (1)
- The U.K. Space: Resources, Environment and the Future, Edited by J. W. House. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London: xxii + 370 pp., illustr., 25 × 15.5 × 2.3 cm, £6.00, 1973. (1974) (1)
- Environmental Protection in the UK during the Era of Fossil Fuels (2006) (1)
- Peter Coates. Nature: Western Attitudes since Ancient Times. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 1998. Pp. viii, 246. $29.95 (1999) (1)
- The Balance of Environmental Protection and Development in Hokkaido, Japan (1981) (1)
- Monasteries and Coastal Evolution in South-East Lincolnshire, AD 1100–1500 (2018) (1)
- Medieval and early modern management of the River Lymn and Wainfleet Haven (east Lincolnshire, England) (2018) (1)
- Grasslands, Systems Analysis and Man (1982) (1)
- Ecology, Economy, Worldview (1999) (1)
- Biogeographical Processes (2019) (1)
- What Landscape Means to Me (2003) (1)
- Bach's Butterfly Effect: Culture, Environment and History (1997) (1)
- The Environmental Impact of Pre-industrial Agriculture (1988) (1)
- Making a mark: two thousand years of ecology, economy and worldview (2000) (1)
- Bronze Age and Later Vegetation History on the Limestone Tabular Hills of North-East Yorkshire, UK: Pollen Diagrams from Dalby Forest (2021) (0)
- A Convenient Compilation, But the Subject Remains an Enigma@@@Themes in Biogeography. (1985) (0)
- Book review: Cohen, M. N. 1977: The food crisis in pre-history. Overpopulation and the origins of agriculture. New Haven and London. x + 341 pp. £11.90 cloth; £3.95 paper (1980) (0)
- Ahmad Y.J. and Müller F.G. (eds). Integrated physical, socio-economic and environmental planning: Dun Laoghaire: Tycooly International, 1982. 199 pp. Natural resources and the environment series, vol. 10. £17 hardback; £12 paperback (1983) (0)
- Book reviewThe effect of man on the landscape: the Lowland Zone: Edited by S. Limbrey and J. G. Evans. 1978. 153 pp. CBA Research Report No. 21. London: Council for British Archaeology. £10·00 (1979) (0)
- Book review: Burton, I., Kates, R. W. and White, G. F. 1978: The environment as hazard. New York: Oxford University Press. xvi+240 pp. £5.00 (1979) (0)
- A FURTHER POLLEN ANALYTICAL (1983) (0)
- Book reviews (2000) (0)
- Protection and development in the national parks of England and Wales: the role of the physical environment (1977) (0)
- The environment of early man in the British Isles: By J. G. Evans. 1975. xv + 216 pp. 35 × 15 cm. London: Paul Elek. £5·00 (1976) (0)
- Reviews of Books: Comparative/World (1999) (0)
- Resource management and conservation (1981) (0)
- Resource Management and Conservation (1978) (0)
- The Moorlands of England and Wales: Histories and Narratives (2005) (0)
- Roses and yew-trees (1992) (0)
- Book Review: A Natural History of Domesticated Mammals. (1988) (0)
- Resource management and conservation (1979) (0)
- Book Review: Remaking reality: nature at the millennium (2000) (0)
- Value Geography: Value Environment (2004) (0)
- Book reviews: Kellman, M.C. 1980: Plant geography, second edition. London and New York: Methuen. xiv + 181pp. £10.00 cloth, £4.95 paper (1981) (0)
- Book reviews: Johnston, R.J. 1989: Environmental problems: nature, economy and state. London: Belhaven Press. x + 211pp. £27.50 cloth (1991) (0)
- Book Review: Recreation and Resources: Leisure Patterns and Leisure Places: Outdoor Recreation and Resource Management (1985) (0)
- Duane, A. Smith, Mining America: the Industry and the Environment 1800–1980 (Lawrence, KA: University Press of Kansas, 1987, £21.95). Pp. 210. ISBN 7006 0318 2. (1988) (0)
- Geoarchaeology: Earth science and the past: D. A. Davison and M. L. Shackley (Eds), (London: Duckworth, 1976. Pp. x+408. £14·00) (1978) (0)
- The World at 18000 BP. vol. 1 high latitudes, vol. 2 low latitudes. Edited by O. Soffer and C. Gamble (1990) (0)
- Global Environmental History: List of figures (2008) (0)
- Book reviews (2001) (0)
- Environments, Ecologies, and Cultures across Space and Time (2012) (0)
- Book review: Edington, J. M. and Edington, M. A. 1977: Ecology and environmental planning. London: Chapman and Hall. 246 pp. £8.50 (1979) (0)
- Book reviews (2007) (0)
- Land Transformations During the Period of Pre-industrial Agriculture (1989) (0)
- Book review essays: Hammond, K. A., Macinko, G. and Fairchild, W. B., editors, 1978: Source book on the environment. A guide to the literature. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. 413 pp. £14 (1979) (0)
- Book reviews : Holmberg, J., editor, 1992: Policies for a small planet. London: Earthscan for the International Institute for Environment and Development. 366 pp. f14.95 paper. ISBN: 1 85383 132 8 (1993) (0)
- Global Environmental History: The gatherer-hunters and their world (2008) (0)
- Book reviews (2000) (0)
- Essay book and film reviews (1991) (0)
- Book Reviews (2005) (0)
- National parks in England and Wales. In: International experience with national parks and related reserves. (Edited by J.G. Nelson; R.D. Needhan and D.L. Mann). (1978) (0)
- Lilies and Peacocks: a View of Biogeography (1987) (0)
- REVIEWS (2009) (0)
- Prehistory and planning on the moorlands of England and Wales (1989) (0)
- Climatic change in later prehistory: Edited by A. F. Harding. 1982. vii + 210 pp., Edinburgh University Press. £9.75 paperback (1983) (0)
- Leaving Eden: to protect and manage the Earth: Nisbet, E.G. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. 358 pp. $42.50/£27.50 hardback; $14.95/£9.95 paperback. (1992) (0)
- Ingredients of a Green Geography (2016) (0)
- Global Environmental History: Pre-industrial agriculture (2008) (0)
- Peter Thorsheim. Inventing Pollution: Coal, Smoke, and Culture in Britain since 1800. (Ohio University Press Series in Ecology and History.) Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. 2006. Pp. xii, 307. Cloth $55.00, paper $26.95 (2007) (0)
- Book Review: ‘What nature suffers to groe’: life, labor and landscape on the Georgia coast, 1680-1920 (2000) (0)
- Book reviews: Socolow, R., Andrews, A., Berkhout, F. and Thomas, V., editors, 1994: Industrial ecology and global change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. xxx + 504 pp. £35.00 cloth. ISBN: 0 521 47197 4 (1996) (0)
- Book review essays: Holling, C. S., editor, 1978: Adaptive environmental assessment and management. International Series on Applied Systems Analysis 3. Chichester: John Wiley. xiii+377 pp. £7.75 (1979) (0)
- Book Review: State of the World 1998 (1999) (0)
- Stages in the History of Human Impact on the Environment (2005) (0)
- The Conservation of Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems (2019) (0)
- Man and Biogeographical Processes (2019) (0)
- Book Review: An environmental history of the world: humankind's changing role in the community of life (2003) (0)
- Human-Environment Relationships at the Widest of Scales (1994) (0)
- United Nations Water Conference: Summary and Main Documents , Edited by Asit K. Biswas. (Water Development, Supply, and Management, Volume 2.) Pergamon Press, Oxford–New York–Toronto–Sydney–Paris–Frankfurt: xvii + 217 pp., tables, 25.5 × 17.5 × 1.5 cm, $28, 1978. (1980) (0)
- An Environmental History of Twentieth Century Britain. By John Sheail. New York: Palgrave, 2002. x + 306 pp. Bibliography, Index. Cloth $72.00 (2003) (0)
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