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This chapter sums up all the observations narrated in the previous sections to describe a series of philosophical and methodological results which are central to the Human/Relational Ecosystem and Digital Urban Acupuncture approaches. These can best be synthesized as a shift in focus: away from the idea of the necessity of consensus and toward the idea of the possibility and feasibility for coexistence, valuing differences, and turning them into the creative energy driving the well-being of the city, establishing a parallel with the bio-diversity of natural environments.
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Iaconesi, S., Persico, O. (2017). Ecosystems: From Consensus to Coexistence. In: Digital Urban Acupuncture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43403-2_13
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