Section 06: Geography, Access, Transportation
Geography is destiny. — Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone
Geography is important, because it opens our eyes; a landscape is no longer a static feature, but a complex battleground of physical and human interactions. Local is no longer local, but a collision point for the interaction of many 'locals' drawn from a global stage. With technology increasingly drawing the world closer together, it is important that the role of Geography in helping the public in understanding this complex and unpredictable world is championed! — Tony Cassidy
Geography helps us think more intelligently about ourselves, how to live and the futures that we may need to face. It succeeds in doing this because as a subject it holds things together, in place, across the physical and human domains. It helps us understand the significance of scale and connectedness. — David Lambert
Section 6 Table of Contents
06011 Where are you? Geography and Community — A most basic question, the ways of finding the answer, and the implications for permaculture design.
06021 There and Back Again: Geography & Transportation — The destinations of your life will make or break your movement towards sustainability. Here there be very hard questions.
06031 Urban Transit — Alternatives to personal automobiles. Design as if geography and frugality were important. Taking advantage of spontaneous economic order.
06041 Selecting a place to live — Not a simple task.
06051 Urban Zones — Methods to analyze your urban geographies.
06061 Migration and Stability — Should you stay or should you go? And if you go, where and why?
06071 Transportation inventory — Questions to ask regarding the geographies, locations, and destinations of your life.
06081 Access and Transportation Design Challenges — We continue to learn design by doing design.