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 1998 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 0-471-94815-2
- 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 0-19-823419-8 (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 0-470-21341-8 (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 0-340-69166-2 (UNEP), ISBN 0-470-24972-2 (Wiley)
