Synopses & Reviews
"Permaculture" (permanent agriculture) is the conscious design and maintenance of economical, agriculturally productive ecosystems that have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. While focusing on agriculture, it also establishes the importance of integration between landscape and people.
Permaculture is a step-by-step working manual providing a dozen design methods replete with map overlays, flow diagrams, and component, zone, and sector analyses.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 568) and index.
About the Author
Bill Mollison has defined a new inter-disciplinary field of applied ecology and has become its acknowledged global expert. He coined the term "permaculture" in the late 1970s when he wrote two best-sellers describing permacultural philosophy and practice.