College of A&GS
Department of Geography
The University of Oklahoma
Sarkeys Energy Center, Room 622
100 East Boyd Street
Norman, Oklahoma 73019-1008, U.S.A.
(405) 325-5325 office
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Hans-Joachim Spaeth

Appointments at the University of Oklahoma:

Professor of Geography

Hans-Joachim W. Spaeth (Ph.D. 1973, Freiburg, Germany; Habilitation, 1978, Duisburg, Germany) joined the OU faculty in 1983, after some years at the University of Duisburg, Germany and Colorado State University at Ft. Collins. His teaching and research are the most varied in our program. Trained as a physical geographer, his early research focused on applied hydrology, on geomorphology and soils in the US, in central and western Europe and Asia Minor. His later work in the Great Plains of the US and in Africa examines soil-crop-moisture relationships, agro-ecological risk assessment and agro-energetic performance of indigenous land use systems. Recent research investigates, in Morocco, carrying capacity of slope terrace systems in the High Atlas; in Niger deforestation, land surface change and farming systems adaptation; and in Namibia grazing, desertification, and social change.

His course offerings include Introduction to Physical Geography; Aerial Photo Analyses for Landscape Interpretation; Research Design and Implementation; Geomorphology; Graduate Research Seminars (Soils, Geomorphology, Land Use); Proseminar and Advanced Field Techniques.

Book Chapters:

"Terrace Landscapes in the High Atlas of Morocco [Terrassenlandschaften im Hohen Atlas von Marokko]." in Land Use and Desertification in North and West Africa, ed. by Hans-Joachim Späth, Paderborner Geographische Studien Band 6, 1997, pp. 9-54.

"Fuelwood Crisis of Niamey: Vanishing Forests and Development of an Arid Island in the Sahel of Niger [Feuerholskrise in Niamey: Entwaldung und Entwicklung einer Ariden Insel in Sahel von Niger]." in Land Use and Desertification in North and West Africa, ed. by Hans-Joachim Späth, Paderborner Geographische Studien Band 6, 1997, pp. 55-88.

"Energy Efficiency of Rainfed Wheat Production in Northwest Oklahoma," in Arid Lands Today and Tomorrow, ed. by Emily E. Whitehead, Charles F. Hutchinson, Barbara N. Timmermann, and Robert G. Varady, Westview and Belhaven, 1988, pp. 499-509.

"Dryland Wheat Farming Systems of the Central Great Plains of North America," in Farming Systems, ed. by B. L. Turner II and Stephen B. Brush, Guildford Publications, New York, 1987, pp. 313-344.

"Eco-Technique - Magic Formula for Reclaiming Desertified Semi-Arid Crop Land?" in Physics of Desertification, ed. by El-Baz, Dordrecht, Netherlands, Kluwer, 1986, pp. 127-140.

"Morphogenese einer Flußlandschaft [Morphogenesis of a Riverlandscape]," in Joseph-Zepp Festschrift, Köln, 1975, pp. 213-229.

Papers:

"Land Resource Change in the Nyae-Nyae Region of Namibia," in UNEP Desertification Control Bulletin, No. 36, 2000, pp. 54-61.

"Land Degradation in Western Niger," in UNEP Desertification Control Bulletin, No. 2, 1996, pp. 34-41.

"Deforestation and Landsurface Change in the Hinterland of Niamey / Niger," [with Lynn Francis] in Applied Geography and Development, Vol. 43, 1994, pp. 27-52 and pp.98-104.

"The Agro-Ecological Dry Boundary Equation," in Applied Geography and Development, Vol. 27, 1986, pp. 93-105.

"Budgeting Production Energy in Dryland Agriculture - First Step Towards Optimizing Energy Turnover and Towards Agro-Energetic Regional Analyses [Bilanzierung des Produktionsenergieflusses in der Trockenlandwirtschaft - erster Schritt zur einzelbetrieblichen Ernergieumsatz-Optimierung und zur agro-energetischen Regionalanalyse]," in Der Tropenlandwirt, Vol. 86, 1985, pp. 141-171.

"Energy Efficiency of Dryland Wheat Production [Energiewirksamkeit der Weizenproduktion unter Semi-Ariden Klimabedingungen]," in Erdkunde, Band 38, 1984, pp. 36-44.

"Harmonic Analysis of Plant Available Soil Moisture as Planning Tool in Agriculture [Pflanzenverfügare Bodenfeuchte als Agrarplanungsinstrument]," in Beiträge zur Hydrologie, 1983, pp. 1-16.

"The Agro-Ecological Dry Boundary [Die Agro-Ökologische Trockengrenze]," in Erdkunde, Band 34, 1980, pp. 224-231.

"Regulating Function of Soil Moisture in the Erosion and Agricultural Production Process in the Central Great Plains [Zur Funktion der Bodenfeuchte im Erosions- und Landwirtschaftlichen Produktionsprozeß der Zentralen Great Plains / USA]," in Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, Band VII, Münster 1979, pp. 429-435.

"Agronomic Problems in Designing Water Erosion Control Structures in Semi-Arid Regions - With Examples from Libya," in Applied Science and Development, Vol. 12, 1979, pp. 27-65.

"Water Balance and Water Management in the Beyeshir-Konya-Basin / Southwest Central Anatolia," in Applied Science and Development , Vol. 12, 1978, pp. 96-110.

"The Konya-Cumra-Project in Turkey - Problems of Irrigated Agriculture in Dry Steppe Climates with Cold Winters," in Applied Science and Development, Vol. 10, 1977, pp. 122-145.

"Soil Erosion and Soil Moisture Budgets in Central Anatolia [Bodenerosion and Bodenfeuchtebilanz in Zentralanatolien]," in Erdkunde Heft 2, 1976, pp. 81-92.

"Soil Moisture Deficit and Irrigation Requirement on Lower Rhine Eco-Tiles [Feuchtedefizit und Kunstregenbedarf auf niederrheinischen Ökotopen]," in Erdkunde Heft 2, 1975, pp. 83-97.

"Postglacial Raised Beaches on the North Coast of Sutherland , Scotland [Postglaziale Stränder an der Nordküste Sutherlands / Schottland]," in Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart, Band 23/24, 1973, pp. 130-140.