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Sustainable Rural and Urban Ecosystems: Design, Implementation and Operation

Manual for Practice and Study

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Gunther Geller

    1. Ingenieurökologische Vereinigung IÖV, Augsburg, Germany

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  2. Detlef Glücklich

    1. Büro für Nachhaltiges Bauen, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Buchholz Holm-Seppensen, Germany

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  • 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

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Gunther Geller, Detlef Glücklich
    Pages 1-4

  3. Human Ecosystems

    • Gunther Geller, Detlef Glücklich
    Pages 5-10

  4. Design, Implementation and Operation of Human Ecosystem: Concepts and Methods

    • Gunther Geller, Detlef Glücklich
    Pages 11-33

  5. Design, Implementation and Operation of Human Ecosystems: The Example of Valley View University (VVU)

    • Gunther Geller, Detlef Glücklich
    Pages 35-100

  6. Lessons Learned/Relevance

    • Gunther Geller, Detlef Glücklich
    Pages 101-106

  7. Authors, Partners and Institutions

    • Gunther Geller, Detlef Glücklich
    Pages 107-108

  8. Tools for Holistic Management of Human Ecosystems

    • Gunther Geller, Detlef Glücklich
    Pages 109-161

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 163-179
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Ingenieurökologische Vereinigung IÖV, Augsburg, Germany

    Gunther Geller

  • Büro für Nachhaltiges Bauen, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Buchholz Holm-Seppensen, Germany

    Detlef Glücklich

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