Permaculture: A Practical Guide for a Sustainable Future

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Island Press, 1990 - Business & Economics - 579 pages

"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.

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CLIMATIC FACTORS
106
AQUACULTURE
458
Plant list by common name
561
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