Course: SAT 110 Natural Resource Management

Reading and Multimedia Assignments

Reading Assignment
Reading Assignment

This is an introduction to basic soil properties in urban settings.
Chapters 1 through 3 provide background on physical properties of soils
as well as interactions with air and water.

Credits
from Urban Soil Primer by USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service, public domain

Scheyer, J.M., and K.W. Hipple. 2005. Urban Soil Primer. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Soil Survey Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, pages 5 - 29

To download the full Urban Soil Primer publication, click here.