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For designing, constructing and operating human ecosystems practical approaches and tools are required. The general requirement is that they must be based on a holistic ecosystem approach, which encompasses all the ecosystem elements: the place, the fluxes and the inhabitants. And because it is a human ecosystem, it must include the technical-cultural parts of the system in particular (Fig. 3.1).
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Geller, G., Glücklich, D. (2012). Design, Implementation and Operation of Human Ecosystem: Concepts and Methods. In: Geller, G., Glücklich, D. (eds) Sustainable Rural and Urban Ecosystems: Design, Implementation and Operation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28261-4_3
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