The term "oasification" was coined in 1999 by Andrés Martínez de Azagra Paredes, PhD Forest Engineer and professor on Hydraulics and Forest Hydrology at E.T.S.
Andrés Martínez de Azagra Paredes, a leading expert in forest engineering and professor of hydraulics and forest hydrology at E.T.S., defined the term "oasification" in 1999.