The Restoration Economy

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Introduction

The world’s great age begins anew,The golden years return, The earth doth like a snake renewHer winter weeds outworn.

—Percy Bysshe Shelley, Hellas, 1822

Restoration is the business and the spirit of the twenty-first century. Let’s now expand on the subjects mentioned in the Preface, so you’ll understand why this opening sentence is accurate, rather than wishful. Part of that understanding will come from facts and figures, and part from grasping three key concepts:

1. The Trimodal Development Perspective Development has three modes of operation, corresponding to natural life cycles: new development, maintenance/conservation, and restorative development. Each category produces its own realm of players.

Communities and nations ...