Biography
David S. G. Thomas leads field programmes on land degradation, dune reactivation and palaeoclimatic reconstruction across southern Africa and the Mediterranean. With Nick Middleton he co-directed the science chapters of UNEP's World Atlas of Desertification (Arnold UK edition, 1997), linking remote sensing indices with ground-truthed socio-ecological case studies. He has edited benchmark volumes for Wiley-Blackwell and the Routledge desertification handbook series while maintaining Oxford graduate training in dryland geomorphology.
Published writings & editorial work
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Authored / principal writer
- World Atlas of Desertification
First published 1992 · 2nd edition, 1997 · Edward Arnold (for UNEP)
Co-author
The UNEP-commissioned atlas of global drylands and desertification, produced in its UK edition by Arnold. Middleton and Thomas edited a body of cartographic, satellite and field evidence into a single reference work covering the extent, causes, and human dimensions of dryland …