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Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
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SWS 5234: ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL, WATER, AND LAND USE

An image of a group of adults standing and sitting near a soil pit while a professor discusses its characteristics.

Instructor:

SWES Staff

About the Course

This course covers, suitabilities/limitations of soils for different uses; using soil surveys and related information to plan use/management of land; behavior of water in soils/landscapes; and policies for and implications of water allocation among urban, agricultural and natural resource uses.

Credits: 3
Semesters Offered: Fall

Prerequisites: None
Textbook: Johan Rockstron, Big World, Small Planet, 1st edition, 2015, Yale University Press