Nick Middleton

The Global Casino is an introduction to environmental issues which deals both with the workings of the physical environment and the political economic and social frameworks in which the issues occur Using examples from all over the world the book highlights the underlying causes behind environmental problems the human actions which have made them issues and the hopes for solutions It is a book about the human impact on the environment and the ways in which the natural environment impacts human society The seventh edition has been fully revised and updated throughout with new case studies figures and online resources comprising a complete lecture course for tutors and multiple choice questions for students New concepts and topics covered for the first time in this edition include the blue economy marine heatwaves Africa s Great Green Wall rewilding net zero commitments nature based solutions emerging contaminants in global rivers green infrastructure in sustainable cities initiatives promoting zero emission vehicles and zoonotic diseases including the COVID 19 pandemic New case studies include gender impact assessment of big dams in Laos and Vietnam reducing food loss and waste liming sugar maple trees in North America to counteract soil acidifica

In "Going to Extremes", writer, presenter and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton visits the world''s hottest, coldest, wettest and driest inhabited places. He visits Oymyakon in Siberia, where the average winter temperature is -47 degrees and 40 per cent of the population have lost their fingers to frostbite while changing the car wheel. Next, he travels to Arica in Chile where there have been fourteen consecutive years without a drop of rain and so fog is people''s only source of water. From the driest to the wettest: Mawsynram in India which annually competes for the title with its neighbour Cherrapunji. However, Nick discovers that during the dry season there is water shortage and one entrepreneur has started selling it bottled! Finally, his journey takes him to Dalol in Ethiopia known as the ''hell hole of creation'' where the temperature remains at 94 degrees year round. Here, Nick will join miners who work all day with no shade, limited water and no protective clothing. The book and series consider how and why people lives in these harsh environments. How does Nick''s body react to these contrasting extremes? He looks at the geographical and meteorological conditions.He meets local characters and discover the history of these settlements to find out how they ever became populated. He looks at the way both the population, and the flora and fauna, have adapted physically to the climate, and also considers the psychological impact of living under such conditions. The series also considers global climatic conditions.

A brilliant read... that illustrated the strong will and determination of man in the face of everything that nature had to throw at usWanderlustNick Middleton, the intrepid Oxford don, explorer and author of Going to Extremes is back, and hes set himself a challenge to cope with the worst that nature can throw at him in Surviving Extremes. Travelling to four of the most extreme natural environments: swamps, deserts, jungles and arctic wastelands, the question is, can he pick up enough tips from the indigenous people to hack it at the very edge of human existence, or will his mid latitude sensibilities forever let him down? This is Nicks account of how he had to put his body and mind to the test in a unique survival experiment.

Acclaimed travel writer and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton takes us on a magical tour of countries that, lacking diplomatic recognition or UN membership, inhabit a world of shifting borders, visionary leaders and forgotten peoples.Most of us think we know what a country is, but in truth the concept is rather slippery. From Catalonia to the Crimea, and from Africas last colony to the European republic that enjoyed just a solitary day of independence, the places in this book may lie on the margins of legitimacy, but all can be visited in the real world.Beautifully illustrated by fifty regional maps, each shadowy country is literally cut out of the page of this book. Alongside stories, facts and figures, An Atlas of Countries That Dont Exist brings to life a dreamlike world of nations that exist only in the minds of the people who live there.

In Going to Extremes writer, presenter and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton visits Oymyakon in Siberia, where the average winter temperature is -47 degrees and 40% of the population have lost their fingers to frostbite while changing the car wheel. Next he travels to Arica Chile where there have been fourteen consecutive years without a drop of rain and so fog is peoples only source of water. Going from the driest to the wettest, he visits Mawsynram in India which annually competes for the title with its neighbour Cherrapunji. However, Nick discovers even here, that during the dry season, there is water shortage and one entrepreneur has started selling it bottled.Finally his journey takes him to Dalol in Ethiopia known as the hell hole of creation where the temperature remains at 94 degrees year round. Here Nick will join miners who work all day with no shade, limited water and no protective clothing.The book and series consider how and why people lives in these harsh environments. How does Nicks body react to these contrasting extremes? He looks at the geographical and meteorological conditions. He meets local characters and discovers the history of these settlements to find out how they ever became populated. He looks at the way both the population, and the flora and fauna, have adapted physically to the climate, and also considers the psychological impact of living under such conditions.

Un compendio de cincuenta estados no reconocidos y en gran medida inadvertidos.Un libro muyactual que ayudará a reflexionar sobre elconcepto de país, un término que puede resultar muy resbaladizo, y que en ocasiones conduce adiscrepancias, excepciones y anomalias. Un termino, ademas, que no deja de estar siempre de plena actualidad.Este atlas esta planteado con elmaximo rigor y rebatiendo posibles demagogias sobre un tema tan conflictivo.