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