IFAS Extension
Soil Compaction in the Urban Landscape
Amy L. Shober, Geoffrey C. Denny, Alexander J. Reisinger, and Eban Z. Bean
Release Date: 7/15/2025
Water Resources
Abstract
About this Publication
This document is SL 317, one of a series of the Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date March 2010. Revised July 2018 and December 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
About the Authors
Amy L. Shober, former associate professor, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, Center for Landscape Conservation and Ecology; Geoffrey C. Denny, former faculty member, Department of Environmental Horticulture, Center for Landscape Conservation and Ecology, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center; Alexander J. Reisinger, assistant professor and extension specialist, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, Center for Landscape Conservation and Ecology; and Eban Z. Bean, assistant professor and extension specialist, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, Center for Landscape Conservation and Ecology; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.
Authors
former assistant professor, Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center
professor and Extension specialist, nutrient management, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, former associate professor, Center for Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center
associate professor of urban soil and water quality, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, and state Extension specialist, Center for Land Use Efficiency, Program for Resource Efficient Communities
associate professor and Extension specialist, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering