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CONTENTS
Preface, ix
Author's note ix
Permaculture defined and its use, ix
Conventions used, x
Access to information, x
Cover story, xi
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION, 1
1.1 The philosophy behind permaculture, 1
1.2 Ethics, 2
1.3 Permaculture in landscape and society, 6
1.4 References, 9.
CHAPTER 2 CONCEPT AND THEMES IN DESIGN, 10
2.1 Introduction, 10
2.2 Science and the thousand names of God, 11
2.3 Applying law and principles to design, 12
2.4 Resources, 16
2.5 Yields, 18
2.6 Cycles: a niche in time, 23
2.7 Pyramids, food webs, growth and vegetarianism, 28
2.8 Complexity and connections, 30
2.9 Order or chaos, 31
2.10 Permitted and forced functions, 31
2.11 Diversity, 32
2.12 Stability, 33
2.13 Time and yield, 33
2.14 Principle summary, 34
2.15 References, 35
CHAPTER 3 METHODS OF DESIGN, 35
3.1 Introduction, 36
3.2 Analysis: Design by listing characteristics of components, 37
3.3 Observation: Design by expanding on direct observation of a site, 43
3.4 Deduction from nature: Design by adopting lessons learnt from nature, 44
3.5 Options and decisions: Design as a selection of options or pathways based on decisions, 47
3.6 Data overlay: Design by map overlays, 47
3.7 Random assembly: Design by assessing the results of random assemblies, 47
3.8 Flow diagrams: Design for work places, 48
3. Zone and sector analysis, Design by the application of a master pattern, 49
3.10 Zoning of information and ethics, 57
3.11 Incremental design, 58
3.12 Summary of design methods, 58
3.13 The concepts of guilds in nature, 59
3.14 Succession: evolution of a system, 64
3.15 The establishment and maintenance of systems, 65
3.16 General practical procedures in property design, 68
3.17 Principle summary, 69
CHAPTER 4 PATTERN UNDERSTANDING, 70
4.1 Introduction, 70
4.2 A general pattern model of events, 71
4.3 Matrices and the strategies of compacting and complexing components, 72
4.4 Properties of media, 75
4.5 Boundary conditions, 76
4.6 The harmonics and geometrics of boundaries, 78
4.7 Compatible and incompatible borders and components, 79
4.8 The timing and shaping of events, 81
4.9 Spirals, 83
4.10 Flow over landscape and objects, 83
4.11 Open flow and flow patterns, 87
4.12 Toroidal phenomena, 88
4.13 Dimensions and potentials, 88
4.14 Closed (sperical) models, accertion and