Biography
Nick Middleton writes for both scholarly and general audiences on deserts, environmental hazards and extreme travel environments. With David S. G. Thomas he coordinated the United Nations Environment Programme's World Atlas of Desertification (Arnold's UK edition, 1997), translating UNEP's global assessment maps into case studies from the Sahel, Central Asia, Australia and the Mediterranean rim. His popular geography titles and Oxford handbooks extend the same dryland expertise to A-level and first-year undergraduates.
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 …