Design

Question 1

What are ten strategies that create yields?

Answer 1

1. Physical-Environmental
2. Biological
3. Spatial and Configurational
4. Temporal
5. Technical
6. Conservation
7. Cultural
8. Legal / Administrative
9. Social
10. Design

Question 2

What is the role of Life in Yield?

Answer 2

Living things are the only effective intervening systems to capture resources and produce yield. Total system yield and surplus are determined by the sum and capacity of life forms.

Question 3

What are the Physical-Environmental strategies that create yields?

Answer 3

• Creation of a niche in space; the provision of a critical resource
• Rehabilitation and creation of soils
• Diversion of water, and water recycling
• Integration of structure and landscape