David Thomas (geographer)
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David S. G. Thomas is a scientist and geographer. He is Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford, and a Professorial Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. His research deals with desertification, dryland environments, climate change and other environmental phenomena. He received his DPhil from the University of Oxford. Between 1984 and 1994 he taught at the University of Sheffield.
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- Thomas, David S. G. Desertification : exploding the myth / David S. G. Thomas and Nicholas J. Middleton. Chichester ; New York : Wiley, c1994. xii, 194 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. ISBN 0471948152
- Sustainable livelihoods in Kalahari environments : a contribution to global debates / edited by Deborah Sporton and David S.G. Thomas. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. xix, 231 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. ISBN 0198234198 (alk. paper)
- Arid zone geomorphology / edited by David S.G. Thomas. London : Belhaven Press ; New York : Halsted Press, 1989. vi, 372 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. ISBN 0470213418 (Halsted Press)
- United Nations Environment Programme. World atlas of desertification / UNEP ; co-ordinating editors, Nick Middleton and David Thomas. 2nd ed. London ; New York : Arnold ; New York : Copublished in the US, Central and South America by John Wiley, c1997. 1 atlas (x, 182 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 37 cm. ISBN 0340691662 (UNEP), ISBN 0470249722 (Wiley)
