Jack D. Ives | |
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 Ives in 1993 | |
| Born | October 15, 1931 Grimsby, England |
| Died | September 15, 2024 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Professor of geography |
| Spouse | Pauline Angela H. Cordingley |
| Children | 4 |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Nottingham, B.A,., (1953) McGill University, Montreal, Ph D., (1956) |
| Doctoral advisor | Brian Bird (McGill) |
| Other advisors | Cuchlaine King[1] (University of Nottingham) |
| Influences | Ragnar Stefánsson,[2][3] Carl Troll,[4][5] Walther Manshard[6] |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Geography |
| Sub-discipline | montology |
| Institutions | McGill University, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of California at Davis |
| Main interests | sustainable stewardship of mountain communities and environment |
| Notable works | Himalayan Dilemma: Reconciling development and conservation |
| Notable ideas | instantaneous glacierization; debunking of so-called Theory of Himalayan Environmental Degradation; global prioritization of montological issues |
Jack D. Ives (October 15, 1931 – September 15, 2024) was a British-born Canadian montologist, an honorary adjunct research professor of geography and environmental studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, an author, and a prominent advocate of mountain issues at the global level. He was formerly director of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado, Boulder, founding editor of two peer-reviewed journals, chair of the Commission on High Altitude Geoecology under the auspices of the International Geographical Union, and a senior advisor on mountain ecology and sustainable development for United Nations University.
- ^ "Professor who scaled heights that few can hope to equal", The Northern Echo, 26 January 2020, retrieved 17 April 2020
- ^ Ives, Jack (2007). Skaftafell in Iceland: A thousand years of change. Reykjavik, Iceland: Ormstunga. ISBN 978-9979-63-055-5.
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