Paul A. Shaw | |
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Born | 1947 (age 76–77) Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom |
Known for | "The Kalahari environment" (written with David S.G. Thomas) |
Paul A. Shaw is a physical geographer and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
He was born in Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom, in 1947, and was educated at the Duke of York’s Royal Military School in Dover. [1]
He is currently the Professor of Geography (chair awarded in 2009) at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. [2]
He worked in several universities before this, including the University of Luton (awarded chair in Physical Geography in 1995) and the University of Guyana, the University of Botswana (awarded the chair in Geography in 1992) and the University of Malawi outside of the UK.
Shaw is a Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Arid Environments. [3]
Shaw has authored many scientific papers, as well as two books, one of which — The Kalahari Environment (written with David S.G.Thomas) — is a major text in the field of desert studies, being cited in many papers and texts written on the subject of the Kalahari Desert, or desertification, or both. [4]
His research deals with desertification, dryland and tropical environments, climate change, geomorphology, Quaternary and historical palaeoenvironmental reconstruction.
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Paul A. Shaw | |
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Born | 1947 (age 76–77) Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom |
Known for | "The Kalahari environment" (written with David S.G. Thomas) |
Paul A. Shaw is a physical geographer and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
He was born in Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom, in 1947, and was educated at the Duke of York’s Royal Military School in Dover. [1]
He is currently the Professor of Geography (chair awarded in 2009) at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. [2]
He worked in several universities before this, including the University of Luton (awarded chair in Physical Geography in 1995) and the University of Guyana, the University of Botswana (awarded the chair in Geography in 1992) and the University of Malawi outside of the UK.
Shaw is a Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Arid Environments. [3]
Shaw has authored many scientific papers, as well as two books, one of which — The Kalahari Environment (written with David S.G.Thomas) — is a major text in the field of desert studies, being cited in many papers and texts written on the subject of the Kalahari Desert, or desertification, or both. [4]
His research deals with desertification, dryland and tropical environments, climate change, geomorphology, Quaternary and historical palaeoenvironmental reconstruction.
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