Ecological Design

Diseño Ecológico

"El diseño de los asentamientos humanos, que incorpora los principios inherentes a la naturaleza con el fin de sostener la población humana durante un largo espacio de tiempo."

"Design for human settlements that incorporates principles inherent in the natural world in order to sustain human populations over a long span of time."

(Bioshelters, Ocean Arks, City Farming: Ecology as the Basis of Design; Nancy Jack Todd and John Todd; Sierra Club Books, 1984)

Island preservation: click and see model example of Santa Catalina Island below-