Understanding the Urban Eco-Complex Concepts and Practices in China

6/21/99


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Understanding the Urban Eco-Complex Concepts and Practices in China

Contents

I. Urbanization in China

China in Transition

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Pollution first, treatment followed, Growth first, efficiency and equity followed, Disorder first, sustainability followed, Wealth first, health and faith followed

The service ability of nature is infinite The market purchase power & natural carrying capacity is infinite All deteriorated ecosystem can be restored through technology Man can conquer nature

Wrong image about the Development, Environment & Modernisation

II. Systems thinking

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Urban Eco-Complex

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Network identification

Structural evaluation

SENCE Function

SENCE Process

SENCE Dynamics

SENCE Cybernetics

SENCE Cybernetics

SENCE Cybernetics

SENCE Cybernetics

Eight principles of ecological cybernetics

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Eco-Nothingness

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Mechanism of totality, harmony, circulation and vitality Dynamics of material, energy, information, people and money Process of time, spatial, quantity, configuration and functional order

III. Methodological exploring

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From linear quantification to network qualification

From mathematical optimization to ecological adaptation

Partial learning

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From physical being to ecological becoming

IV. Practical integration

Urban Sustainability

Hardware (capital, technology & equipment) 25% Software (planning, institution, legislation) 35% Mindware (knowledge, values, believing ) 40%

Eco-Integrity

Functional design: Systematically responsible institution Totally functioning technology Ecologically vitalized culture

Systematically responsible institution

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Feng-Shui (Wind & Water) theory

Feng-Shui (Wind & Water) theory

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Eco-building

Ecologically vitalized culture

V. Case of Tianjin

Research Objectives

Tianjin Ecosystem Succession

Age structure of Tianjin people

Water Budget of Tianjin City

Energy flow in Tianjin

Biological environment

Physical Structure

Problem diagnosing

Process tracing

Policy testing

Key promoting factors

Key limiting factors

Key components

Key positive feedback

Key process

Key negative feedback

Main opportunities

Main risks

Sustainability of Tianjin

Production efficiency

Life quality

Institutional harmony

Capability of people

Ecological order

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Recommendations:

Conclusion

Author: Rusong WANG