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Index
Cover Praise for Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond Volume 1, 3rd Edition Title Page Copyright Dedication Eight Principles of Successful Rainwater Harvesting Table of Contents List of Boxed and Tabled Information List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Foreword by Gary Paul Nabhan Preface to the Third Edition Introduction
My Rainwater-Harvesting Evolution Who This Book Is For How To Use This Book and Volumes 2 and 3 The Value of Rainwater Rainwater Harvesting Through Land and Time The Shift Away from Rainwater Scarcity or Abundance My Community’s Path Our Path to Abundance Questions and Answers about Rainwater Harvesting
Chapter 1. The Man Who Farms Water and the Rainwater-Harvesting Guidelines
The Man Who Farms Rainwater Eight Rainwater-Harvesting Principles Water-Harvesting Ethics Update on Mr. Zephaniah Phiri
Chapter 2. Assessing Your Site’s Water Resources and More
The Hydrologic Cycle—Our Earth’s Circulatory System Watersheds and Subwatersheds—Determining Your Piece of the Hydrologic Cycle Calculate Your Site’s Rainfall Volume Estimate Your Site’s Water Needs Estimate Your Secondary On-Site Water Source—Greywater Estimate Additional On-Site “Waste” Waters That Can Be Used As “Resource” Waters A One-Page Place Assessment and How To Use It Real Life Example: Living within a Dryland Home’s Rainwater Budget
Chapter 3. Overview: Harvesting Water with Earthworks, Tanks, or Both
How Do You Plan to Use Your Harvested Water? Recommendations for Harvesting Water for a Landscape around a Home Sampling of Strategies/Techniques Overview of Water-Harvesting Earthworks Overview of Cistern Systems Real Life Example: The Running Rain Society
Chapter 4. Integrated Design
The Path of the Sun Seven Integrated Design Patterns
One: Orienting Buildings and Landscapes to the Sun Two: Designing Roof Overhangs and Awnings to Optimize Winter Sun and Summer Shade Three: Solar Arcs Four: Sun & Shade Traps Five: Maintaining Winter Sun Access Six: Raised Paths, Sunken Basins Seven: Reduce Paving and Make It Permeable
Integrating the Elements and Patterns of Your Site to Create a Regenerative Landscape Design Tying It All Together: Creating An Integrated Design
Chapter 5. An Integrated Urban Home and Neighborhood Retrofit
Part One—Our Beginning: Realizing the Water-Harvesting Principles Part Two—Our Evolution: Taking It Further With the Integrated Design Patterns Part Three—Our Neighborhood: Collaborating for Leveraged Potential in the Wider Community
Appendix 1. Patterns of Water and Sediment Flow with Their Potential Water-Harvesting Response Appendix 2. Water-Harvesting Traditions in the Desert Southwest by Joel Glanzberg Appendix 3. Water-Harvesting Calculations Appendix 4. Multi-Use Plant Lists, Plant Water Demand Estimators, a Sonoran Desert Foods Harvest Calendar Appendix 5. Worksheets: Your Thinking Sheets Appendix 6. Resources Appendix 7. Sun Angles and Path Appendix 8. Wind Harvesting: Basic Airflow Relationships, Site Selection, Wind Pumping and Wind Power, Natural Ventilation, Windbreaks, and Snow- and Biomass-Drift Harvesting Appendix 9. Water-Energy-Carbon Nexus References Glossary Other Publications
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