- Beyond Sustainability - The Case for Regenerative Design
- Understanding Place - Climate, Site, and Solar Geometry
- The Six Integrated Systems - An Overview
- Building with the Earth—Natural Materials
- Passive Solar Design - Heating and Cooling Without Machines
- Off-Grid Energy Systems - Power from the Sun
- Water - Catching, Storing, and Cycling
- Liquid Waste Treatment - Botanical Systems
- Food Systems—Buildings That Feed
- Community Design - Scaling Up
- The Integrated Design Process
- Appendix A: Glossary of Key Terms
- Appendix B: The Pangea Textbook Series
- Appendix C: Key Design Principles at a Glance
- The Regenerative Community Vision
- Site Assessment and Land Reading
- Land Use Law and Legal Frameworks
- Master Planning for Regenerative Communities
- Infrastructure Systems Integration
- Housing Typologies and Density Design
- Community Governance Structures
- Economic Models for Community Development
- Phased Development Strategy
- Community Resilience and Long-Term Stewardship
- Appendix A: Legal Entity Comparison Chart
- Appendix B: Community Design Checklist
- Appendix C: Glossary of Community Development Terms
While zone planning organizes around centers of activity, sector analysis maps the flows of energy entering the site from outside — sun, wind, water, fire risk, views, noise, wildlife, and neighboring land use patterns. The sectors reveal where to place windbreaks, where to harvest solar energy most effectively, where views should be opened or screened, and where wildfire defensible space must be maintained.
In the Taos bioregion, the most important sectors are: the solar sector (sun paths from southeast to southwest, critical for passive building orientation), the wind sector (strong southwest spring winds; cold north winds in winter), the water sector (summer monsoons from the southeast, concentrated on south-facing slopes), and the fire sector (fire risk from adjacent grassland or forest requiring defensible space management).
Overlaying zone analysis and sector analysis on the site base map produces the fundamental pattern of a regenerative community master plan: where elements are placed in relation to both their management intensity requirements and the directional flows of energy and resources.