Ecosystem maps for future development

Lara Hale — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:37:26 +0000

The United Kingdom’s Centre for Ecology & Hydrology recently released its updated UK Land Cover Map, the fourth of such since the start in 1990. These maps utilize geographical information systems (GIS) and satellite images to compile country-wide plots of ecosystems and land-use; and they promise a brighter future in smart urban planning.

Kalundborg: Industrial Symbiosis - Waste makes resource

Maria Nørlyng Leal — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:56:47 +0000

Kalundborg is a medium-sized town on the north-west coast of Zealand, 105km from Copenhagen, home to 16,500 residents and host to the world's most well known example of industrial ecology; Industrial Symbiosis. The motivation for exchange arose in the early 1970s from a mutual effort to reduce costs by seeking income-producing uses for "waste" products.