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Description: Sustainable Rural and Urban Ecosystems: Design, Implementation and Operation by Gunther Geller, Detlef GlÜcklich This book helps practitioners dealing with human-based rural and urban settlement-ecosystems, in key steps towards their realization, covering energy savings, reuse, natural resources and holistic quality management, as well as regulation, licensing and more. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description These days human beings have a profound influence on aspects of the planetary ecosystem, e.g. on climate change and biodiversity, to name only two. This manual is intended to help practitioners, who are dealing with human-based rural and urban settlement-ecosystems, in the key steps towards their realization (design, implementation, and operation) and helpful for all, who are concerned about ensuring their practical sustainability. The ecosystem-approach is holistic and integrative, encompassing various disciplines like architecture, landscape architecture, environmental engineering, social sciences, life sciences, ecology, and management. It also considers issues such as energy-savings, ecological cycles, reuse, natural resources, socio-cultural background, real participation, and holistic quality management. Thus it not only explains the general concept, the steps of realization and the respective involved stakeholders, but also gives hints and tools for practitioners. The information, recommendations and tools are directed to the following target groups, among others: • Local planning authorities (giving hints for the procedure and the involved stakeholders) • Designers (holistic approach, procedures, tools) • Regulatory bodies, licensing and financing authorities (requirements for approach and procedures) • Construction and implementing firms and institutions (recommendations, tools) • Operating bodies (hints for operation, tools) The experiences are based on a joint German-Ghanaian program at Valley View University, the biggest private university in Ghana, intended to help realize the vision of a truly holistic ecological university. It was financed originally by the German Ministry of Education and Research and recently by the German Ministry for the Environment in the frame of the Climate Change Initiative of the Federal Government of Germany. Notes Details the holistic and integrative design, implementation and operation of human-settlement ecosystemsConcisely introduces the subject of human ecosystems, via an integrative approachProposes recommendations, methods and easy adaptable tools for practitioners Back Cover These days human beings have a profound influence on aspects of the planetary ecosystem, e.g. on climate change and biodiversity, to name only two. This manual is intended to help practitioners, who are dealing with human-based rural and urban settlement-ecosystems, in the key steps towards their realization (design, implementation, and operation) and helpful for all, who are concerned about ensuring their practical sustainability. The ecosystem-approach is holistic and integrative, encompassing various disciplines like architecture, landscape architecture, environmental engineering, social sciences, life sciences, ecology, and management. It also considers issues such as energy-savings, ecological cycles, reuse, natural resources, socio-cultural background, real participation, and holistic quality management. Thus it not only explains the general concept, the steps of realization and the respective involved stakeholders, but also gives hints and tools for practitioners. The information, recommendations and tools are directed to the following target groups, among others: * Local planning authorities (giving hints for the procedure and the involved stakeholders) * Designers (holistic approach, procedures, tools) * Regulatory bodies, licensing and financing authorities (requirements for approach and procedures) * Construction and implementing firms and institutions (recommendations, tools) * Operating bodies (hints for operation, tools) The experiences are based on a joint German-Ghanaian program at Valley View University, the biggest private university in Ghana, intended to help realize the vision of a truly holistic ecological university. It was financed originally by the German Ministry of Education and Research and recently by the German Ministry for the Environment in the frame of the Climate Change Initiative of the Federal Government of Germany. Table of Contents Introduction.- The filtration units: Evers Easy Filtration R 400.- Water treatment plant at VUU.- Annex1 - 6. Feature Details the holistic and integrative design, implementation and operation of human-settlement ecosystems Concisely introduces the subject of human ecosystems, via an integrative approach Proposes recommendations, methods and easy adaptable tools for practitioners Details ISBN3642282601 Publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Year 2012 ISBN-10 3642282601 ISBN-13 9783642282607 Format Hardcover Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K Place of Publication Berlin Country of Publication Germany Edited by Detlef GlÜcklich DEWEY 307.12 Publication Date 2012-07-01 Short Title SUSTAINABLE RURAL & URBAN ECOS Language English Media Book Subtitle Manual for Practice and Study Pages 179 Edition 2012th Illustrations VIII, 179 p. DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-28261-4 Author Detlef GlÜcklich Edition Description 2012 ed. 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