The permaculture city : regenerative design for urban, suburban, and town resilience / Toby Hemenway.
"The Permaculture City begins in the garden but takes what we have learned there and applies it to a much broader range of human experience; we’re not just gardening plants but people, neighborhoods, and even cultures. Hemenway lays out how permaculture design can help towndwellers solve the ch...
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| Language: | English |
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White River Junction, Vermont :
Chelsea Green Publishing,
[2015]
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| Summary: | "The Permaculture City begins in the garden but takes what we have learned there and applies it to a much broader range of human experience; we’re not just gardening plants but people, neighborhoods, and even cultures. Hemenway lays out how permaculture design can help towndwellers solve the challenges of meeting our needs for food, water, shelter, energy, community, and livelihood in sustainable, resilient ways. Readers will find new information on designing the urban home garden and strategies for gardening in community, rethinking our water and energy systems, learning the difference between a “job” and a “livelihood,” and the importance of placemaking and an empowered community." --Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 269 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, maps, photographs ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1603585265 9781603585262 1603585273 9781603585279 |