Robert K. Holz (1930–2020) was the Erich W. Zimmermann Regents Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of Texas at Austin.[1] He had courtesy appointments also in the departments of Middle Eastern Studies and African and African American Studies, and was Director of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies.[2]
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He wrote on the subject of remote sensing, Texas geography, and the geography of Egypt.
- Mendes I (coauthored with Emma Swan Hall; Bernard V Bothmer) Cairo : American Research Center in Egypt, 1980
- The surveillant science; remote sensing of the environment, First edition Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1973; 2nd ed, New York: Wiley, 1985. According to WorldCat, the first ed. is in 453 libraries, the second in 252.[3]
- The Size, Distribution, and Growth of the Texas Population, 1980 to 2030
- The Aswan High Dam
- Third world colonias: Lower Rio Grande valley, Texas Austin Texas: Lyndon Johnson School of Public Affairs, 1993. :
- Texas and its history (coauthored with Mildred P Mayhall; Samuel W Newman; Frank Oliver) Austin, 1972.
He also wrote a novel:
- A prayer for Juan Garza : drug culture in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas published in 2008.