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The permaculture earthworks handbook : how to design and build swales, dams, ponds, and other water harvesting systems / Douglas Barnes.
Record details
- ISBN: 086571844X (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780865718449 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xiv, 177 pages : illustrations
- Publisher: Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The state of water -- A look at the past -- How water moves in the environment -- Designing for the whole environment -- Elements of design and implementation -- Water storage techniques -- Interception techniques -- Applying permaculture Strategies -- Cautions. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 32.99 |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Water > Storage > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Water harvesting > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Permaculture > Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | 628.13 Bar | 31681020061669 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
- Perseus Publishing
The Permaculture Earthworks Handbook covers the functions, design, and construction of nine types of earthworks to maximize water availability in any climate. It's a practical guide for landscape designers, permaculturists, and landowners seeking to maximize food production and ecosystem resiliency at the lowest cost and impact.
- Perseus Publishing
Maximize your water harvesting potential with efficient, cost-effective earthworks
In the face of drought and desertification, well-designed, water harvesting earthworks such as swales, ponds, and dams are the most effective way to channel water into productive use. The result can be increased food production, higher groundwater levels, reduced irrigation needs, and enhanced ecosystem resilience.
Yet, due to a lack of knowledge, designers, and landowners often build earthworks that are costly, inappropriately sized and sited, or even dangerous. The Permaculture Earthworks Handbook is the first dedicated, detailed guide to the proper design and construction of water harvesting earthworks. It covers the function, design, and construction methods for nine main types of water harvesting earthworks across a full range of climates.
Coverage includes:
- Swales, ponds, dams, hugelkultur, net-and-pan systems, spate irrigation, and more
- Cost versus benefit of different earthworks
- Assessing site needs and suitability
- Soil types and hydrology
- Designing for maximum efficiency and lowest cost
- Risk assessment and safe construction
- Stacking functions and integrating earthworks into a design
This practical handbook is the essential resource for permaculture designers, teachers and students, landowners, farmers, homesteaders, landscape architects, and others involved in maximizing the water harvesting potential of any landscape at the lowest cost and impact.
Douglas Barnes is a permaculture designer trained in Australia by Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton. He has designed and built earthworks in North America, Japan, and Andra Pradesh, India. He lives in Tweed, Ontario in a passive solar house he designed and built, and he blogs at permaculturerelections.com.
