ABSTRACT

This process Soleri described is that which builds communities, and several of the premises he noted are touchstones not only in the chapter ahead but also throughout the remainder of the text. Some of the central ideas that now come to the fore in a discussion of groups, organizations, and communities focus on coherence and respon­ sibility. Adaptation has its requirements, and organizations, or social systems in this case, are obliged to follow them if they wish to survive.