The topic of desertification demands the application of all the skills that the geographer is concerned with. It is an issue that is studied at a variety of spatial scales from global through to village level. DT Takes students through a wide range of types of evidence and methods of study involved in looking at desertification DT Highlights some question marks which have made the subject an issue and questions some of the assumptions behind the issue DT Highlights the problems of working on such a broad-scale physical and social subject
Nick Middleton is a British physical geographer and supernumerary fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He specialises in desertification.
Nick Middleton was born in London, England. As a geographer, he has travelled to more than 50 countries. Going to Extremes is a television programme for Channel 4 about extreme lifestyles, in which Middleton experiences life in the hostile conditions other cultures must endure. He has appeared on BBC 2's Through the Keyhole.