Publications
Landscape evaluation: a research project in East Sussex, by K. D. Fines, published 1968 in Regional Studies (vol. 2, issue 1, article, pp.41-55) View Online
Abstract:A method of landscape and townscape evaluation is described. A worldwide scale of values was devised by testing a selected group with photographs to remove personal bias. A network of view evaluations is converted to land-surface values. A micro-evaluation of East Sussex is set against an outline evaluation of Britain; regional "landscape value profiles" with parameters being illustrated. The rate of "landscape erosion" is discussed. Applications of the technique and an example of route selection for a supergrid transmission line are explored. Methods of defining conservation areas by statistical techniques are described and a plea made for the recognition of areas important in relation to population and accessibility.
The treasure of Herstmonceux : an adventure in genealogy, by Kenneth Donald Fines, published 1989 (179 leaves, Stratford-upon-Avon: Marshall Correll) accessible at: British Library
A History of Brighton & Hove: Stone age Whitehawk to Millennium City, by Ken Fines, published 7 October 2002 (192 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 1860772315 & ISBN-13: 9781860772313) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Twin towns with a fascinating history, they constitute the Sussex resort that, to mark the Millennium, the Queen declared to be a City. A giant step from the Neolithic camp built on Whitehawk Hill in the fourth millennium B.C. The author, who since 1950 has worked as a planner in Brighton, has now produced the first integrated history of the two towns. His sense of humour is evident on every page of an entertaining and richly illustrated narrative, through prehistoric downsmen to the trippers and the technocrats of today's proud City.