Its an interesting question!
What I write about is small scale, intensive gardening for high ourput and low maintenance. Its an approach that can scale up to an acre or more, I grew no dig on 7 acres in the 1980s, using less compost than I do now.
On a larger scale it is “no till farming” as practised on millions of acres, mosty in subtropical and often quite dry climates. The energy saved from not ploughing is a lot, moisture is conserved and yields are good, from mulching with organic matter left by a previous crop, or lightly tilling it in to have a shallow seedbed. Farmers crop land less intensively than gardeners!
A snag with no till in Britain is slugs hiding in the surface (mosty unrotted) organic matter, and its the main reason why no till is slower to be adopted in our damp climate. Nonetheless, the priciple of respecting soil structure is the same.
Good luck with your new garden.