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Peter Sims Peter Sims
Role Qualifications & background BSc (Hons) Geography 1966 MSc Hydrogeology 1976 Dip UCL Ground-water Resources 1975 Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society Fellow of the Geological Society Appointed to the former Plymouth Polytechnic in 1969 as a lecturer in geography and geology. Instrumental in the expansion of geography and environmental science as major disciplines within the former Polytechnic. Career Summary: 1967 - 1969 Part-time Lecturer at the now London Metropolitan University 1969 - 1970 Lecturer Grade I in Geography and Geology, Plymouth Polytechnic 1970 - 1971 Lecturer Grade II in Physical Geography, Plymouth Polytechnic 1971 - 1983 Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Plymouth Polytechnic 1983 – 2000 Principal Lecturer in Physical Geography, Polytechnic South West, Plymouth - from 1992, The University of Plymouth 2000 – 2002 Associate Head of the Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Plymouth 2002 - 2003 Associate Head of School, School of Geography and Geology, University of Plymouth 2003 - 2007 Deputy Head of School, School of Geography, University of Plymouth Have held a variety of management roles within Geography and throughout the former Polytechnic and current University. Served on planning committees for a range of undergraduate and post-graduate courses/degrees. Member of Academic Board and elected Academic Board member of University Board of Governors. Professional membership Fellow Royal Geographical Society Fellow Geological Society of London Member of British Society for Geomorphology (formally, British Geomorphological Research Group) Member Geologists' Association Member Quaternary Research Association Member of the International association of Hydrogeologists Roles on external bodies Teaching interests Coastal geomorphological processes and landforms. Coastal Zone Management especially in relation to coastal erosion and protection. Conflicts in water space utilisation. Hydrology and water resources - issues of supply, demand and management. Fieldwork teaching in South Devon and Western Ireland in relation to coastal processes and in Crete where the themes are more closely allied to landscape evolution and coastal zone management Research interests
Coastal Zone Management and Policy Other research Conflict in Coastal Aquatic Sport Research degrees awarded to supervised students Jean Alexander - "Hydrogeological investigations in a granite catchment, Dartmoor, Devon". Ph.D awarded,1983. Sue Creak - "The late Quaternary history of the River Erme, South Devon". Ph.D awarded, Nov.1991. Yolanda Foote - "Waves, currents and sand transport predictors on a macro-tidal beach". (with D Huntley) Ph.D awarded, Feb. 1994. Wendy Woodland - "Holocene palaeohydrology from testate amoebae analysis: developing a model". (with D. Charman). PhD awarded, Sept. 1996 Antoni Moore - "The development of a generic expert system for coastal zone management". (with Allan Jones). PhD awarded, January 2002. Karen Lupson - "Conflict in coastal aquatic sports: a case study from SW England" (with A.Jones) Ph D awarded December 2004 Grants & contracts CONSULTANCY REPORTS: An initial assessment of low cost alternatives for coastal protection at Downderry and Seaton, Cornwall. Report for Caradon District Council, October 1987. The Lizard Point to Land's End coastal cell: its geomorphological evolution with particular reference to Loe Bar, In Mouchel & Partners, 1995 " Shoreline Management Plan for Coastal sub-cell 6e: Lizard Point to Land's End, Bristol (NRA/Penwith District Council). Independent Technical Assessment (ITA) on Tsunami Hazard at Devonport Dockyard, AEA Technology, 2001 ITA on sea-water temperatures in the Lower Tamar estuary, AEA Technology, 2001 Publications Recent publications: "Quantitative estimates of water tables and soil moisture in Holocene peatlands from testate amoebae" The Holocene, 8, 261-273.1998 (with D.Charman, W. Woodland). "Energetics prediction of frequency-dependent suspended sand transport rates on a macro-tidal beach" Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 23, 927-941. 1998. (with Y. Foote, P. Russell and D. Huntley). "Coastline erosion, protection and management in Devon and Cornwall" p73-92 in Blacksell, M., Matthews, J. and Sims, P. (eds) 'Environmental Management and Change in Plymouth and the South West', University of Plymouth. 321pp, 1998. “Integrated Coastal Zone management’s Holistic agency: An Ontology of Geography and GeoComputation” in Whigham, P.A. (ed), Proceedings of the 13th Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. 211-221. 2001. (with A. Moore, A. Jones and G. Blackwell). “Intelligent Metadata Extraction for Integrated Coastal Zone Management.” Proceedings of GeoComputation, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, CD-ROM. ISBN 1864995637. 2001. (with A. Moore, A. Jones and G. Blackwell). 19pp. “Quais en mutation: succes et echecs de la conservation du patrimoine maritime – quelques exemples du sud-ouest de l’Angeterre” (Changing Quaysides: succeses and failures in conserving maritime heritage – some examples from south west England) p170-176 in Peron, F. (ed) ‘Le Patrimoine Maritime: construire, transmettre, utiliser, symboliser les heritages maritimes europeens”, University Press, Rennes, Brittany. 537pp, 2002. “Previous actors and current influences: trends and fashions in Physical Geography”. In S.Trudgill and A.Roy (eds) Contemporary meanings in Physical Geography – from what to why, Hodder Arnold, London. 3-23. 2003. "Using geomorphological rules to classify photogrammatically-derived Digital Elevation Models" . Internat. Journal of Remote Sensing. 24(13), 2613-2626. 2003. (with A. Moore, K Morris, A. Jones and G. Blackwell). "Conflict in Coastal Aquatic Sport in the UK - a management challenge". In A. Tubielewicz (ed) Coastal Areas; Socio-economic value, Tourism and Recreation. Proceedings Littoral 2006, Gdansk, Poland. ISBN83-88617-97-4. 121-128. Reports & invited lectures CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS: Observations on the development of overbank deposits in the Narrator Valley, Dartmoor. Annual Conference, Ussher Society, Plymouth 1983. The application of slug tests in quantifying yield from narrow valley aquifers - a case study from the Narrator Brook, Dartmoor. 18th Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, Cambridge, 1985. Coastal erosion and slope instability at Downderry, south east Cornwall - an outline of the problem and its implications for planning. Planning and Engineering Geology - 22nd Annual Conference of Engineering Geology (Geological Society of London), Plymouth 1986. Coastal erosion, slope instability and coastal planning at Seaton and Downderry, southeast Cornwall. Geomorphology and Public Policies Symposium; British Geomorphological Research Group. Institute of British Geographers annual conference, Portsmouth, 1987. Nearshore suspended sediment movement as deduced from an ATM overflight of southeast Cornwall and the estuary of the River Exe. Review of the 1989 NERC Remote Sensing Campaign, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, 1990 (with R. Weaver). "Holocene palaeohydrology from testate amoebae analysis: developing a model for British Mires". W. Woodland, D. Charman & P.Sims. Quaternary Research Association meeting, Durham, September, 1993. "Holocene palaeohydrology from testate amoebae analysis: testing a model for British Peatlands". W. Woodland, D. Charman & P.Sims. British Ecological Society meeting, Birmingham, December, 1994. "Assessing coastline change: a case study of Dawlish Warren" P. Sims, R. Weaver & H. Redfern. Presented at IGU/ICA International conference on GIS and computer mapping for coastal zone management, University College, Cork, Ireland, February 1995. "Double Spits in the British Isles: coastal system dynamics". 28th International Geographical Congress, The Hague, Netherlands. 1996. "What's wrong with Cornish granite? - the use of imported rock armour in Cornish coastal defences". Cornwall Coastal Forum, Camborne School of Mines, October 1996. "The use of Norwegian rock in British coastal defence schemes". Tidal'96. University of Brighton, November, 1996. "Some Themes and Issues in Coastal Zone Management". Teachers Conference, University of Plymouth, July 1999. “Changing Quaysides: successes and failures in conserving maritime heritage - some examples from South West England”. International Conference on Maritime heritage in the coastal regions of the European Union. University of Brest, 2000. “Coastal erosion and protection in South East Cornwall – partial mitigation of an ongoing risk”. Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) Annual Conference, University of Plymouth, 2001. “The value of a holistic approach to coastal information dissemination”. Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) Annual Conference, University of Plymouth, 2001. “Tapping into Water – an exploration of water resources and water management in the UK.” 6th Form Conference, University of Plymouth, 2003. “Water Rage – conflict in coastal aquatic sport: a management challenge” Conference on Integrated Coastal Zone Management, University of Plymouth, April 2004. "Conflict in coastal aquatic sport in the UK - a management challenge" Littoral 2006, Gdansk, Poland. September 2006. 1981 Water as a Learning Resource. Bicton College of Agriculture. 1983 Water Resources and Water Management. Invited lecturer on a week long United Nations funded short course based at the International Centre for Advanced Technical and Vocational Training, Turin, Italy. 1984 Changing landscapes in South West England. Plymouth Athenaeum Society. 1984 Catchment Studies on Dartmoor. Plymouth Geographical Association. 1985 The application of slug test techniques to groundwater resource evaluation. University of Swansea. 1986 Landscape and its origins in southwest England. Brixton and Yealmpton Amenity Society. 1987 Catchment studies and hydrology. West Dorset Geographical Association. 1988 Coastal erosion, protection and management. North Devon Geographical Association. 1997 Coastal Issues. Devon Teachers Training Day, Yealmpton. 1998 Modern Coastal Studies. Geographical Association, University of Bristol. 1998 Coastline erosion, protection and management - global issues, local actions. Royal Geographical Society with Institute of British Geographers. London. 2000 Current themes and issues in Coastal Zone Management. Geographical Association. University of Bristol. 2003 Tapping into Water – an exploration of water resources and water management in the UK. Plymouth Advanced Level Conference. University of Plymouth. 2003 Holding Back the Sea - the Dutch do it, but can we? Invited lecturer by States of Jersey, Department of Education and Culture, St. Ouens, Jersey, June 2003. 2004 Impacts and consequences of urbanisation at the coast. ESRC/NERC seminar. June 2004. 2006 Water rage - conflict in coastal aquatic sport. Royal Geographical Society. February 2006. The Narrator Brook catchment study on Dartmoor. Field Meeting of the British Geomorphological Research Group. Plymouth 1979. Pleistocene deposits at Godrevy, north Cornwall; The coastal succession at Prah Sands; Pleistocene gravels on Crousa Common, Lizard; Raised beaches at Pendower, Roseland; Trebetherick and the Camel Estuary. West Cornwall Field Meeting. Quaternary Research Association, 1980. "Coastal evolution and nearshore sediment dynamics at Dawlish Warren". Royal Geographical Society, Field Meeting, Dawlish. June, 1993. Plymouth's Changing Waterfront". Royal Geographical Society, Symposium and Field meeting. University of Plymouth, May, 1997. "Coastal erosion, protection and management at Dawlish and Dawlish Warren". Geographical Association Field Meeting, June 1998 "Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Plymouth Sound and the Tamar estuary" Geographical association Field meeting, September 2007 1984 Water supply and water quality. Interview Spotlight Southwest. BBC television. 1995 Water: BBC Radio Devon 'phone-in' (September). 1996 Storms, rising sea levels, erosion and coastal zone management. Interview BBC Radio Cornwall. 1997 Droughts and water resources: Interview BBC Radio Devon 'breakfast show' (April). 1997 Coastal Erosion in The South West: Interview BBC Television (December). 2001 Living on the Edge – coastal erosion and planning in SE Cornwall: Major contributor for ‘Close Up’, BBC Television (March). 2002 Weather data and climate change in relation to flood risk assessment: Interview BBC Radio Devon (August). 2003 Coastal erosion and coastal footpaths: Contribution and Interview to ‘Inside Out’ BBC Television (September) 2004 Coastal erosion and managed retreat: Interview BBC Radio Cornwall (October). 2007 Coastal erosion at Studland, Dorset: BBC Online (February). Conferences organised Annual conference Royal Geographical Society (with Insitute of British geographers) January 2001 Integrated Coastal Zone Management - fact or fiction April 2004 Additional information OTHER APPOINTMENTS:
1971 to 1998 The Open University - Tutorials and Summer School work in Earth Sciences and field courses in Earth Sciences. Special project supervision in Faculty of Technology (Water Engineering) 1982 to 1995 Northern Examination & Assessment Board (formally JMB) - External Advisor in Environmental Science 2001 QAA Subject Reviewer in Geography ____________________________________________________________________________ Links Geography Academic Staff |
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