Redesigning urban forests from the ground below: A new approach to specifying adequate soil volumes for street trees.

Lindsey, P., & Bassuk, N. L. (1992).

Arboricultural Journal, 16, 25–39.

....the most debilitating conflict is between the biological needs of the trees whose root systems generally lay near the surface and spread laterally, and small confined areas they are relegated to in design of the urban streets.

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