Sustainable habitat
[1] The term often refers to sustainable human habitats, which typically involves some form of green building or environmental planning.
In creating the sustainable habitats, environmental scientists, designers, engineers and architects must not consider any elements as a waste product to be disposed of somewhere off site, but as a nutrient stream for another process to feed on.
Researching ways to interconnect waste streams to production creates a more sustainable society by minimizing pollution.
Rigorous fishing has decreased top trophic levels and affected the ecological dynamics and resilience of fisheries by reducing the numbers and lengths of food webs.
[2] The systematic and widespread conversion of estuarine habitats into agricultural, industrial, and urban uses has demonstrated a historical devotion to valuing the use of land for purposes from a position of simple but defective logic.
[3] The World Commission on Environment and Development states that "sustaining oceans are marked by a fundamental unity."
Interconnected cycles of energy, climate, marine living resources, and human activities move through coastal waters, regional seas, and the closed oceans.
"The end result would be a form of polycentric governance that can manage shared resources and ocean space.
[8] Parks may serve as recreational areas for communities, encouraging people to spend time in nature.
Spatial planning takes into account ecological, social, cultural, and economic issues and policies.
Sustainable cities in earthquake-prone areas are built with input from civil engineers, architects, and urban planners who collaborate on safe architecture that can withstand disasters.
Additionally, construction materials and building orientation may be chosen with the intent to mitigate the effects of climate change.
[9] In creating sustainable habitats, environmental scientists, designers, engineers and architects must not consider any elements as a waste product to be disposed of somewhere off-site, but as a nutrient stream for another process to feed on.
Hydro and the Zero Emission Resource Organisation (ZERO) is a specific company that has created energy-positive buildings in Norway.
Since concrete can crack from weathering, plates shifting, and the temperature it is important to consider using something that will last a long time and won't need several repairs.
A lot of factors go into play for planning something that is sustainable, and environmentally friendly, while still implementing culture and aspects to improve society.
This is important for sustainable habitats because it is a framework to ensure that the environment will not be negatively impacted by human actions of creating specific things like parks, houses, community buildings, and more.
[17] One way they one this award and implemented sustainability is by connecting local buses, vehicles, and micro busses within their cities and urban regions.
After a government or state is aware of the need for restoration, protection, and the creation of these sustainable habitats, action takes place.
[19] This funding can then be systematically distributed to encompass movements that make a significant stride towards protecting and restoring parks.
Integrating a process horizontally entails requiring the participation of “governmental institutions, the private sector, NGOs, academics, [and] scientists”, while integrating a process vertically entails essential communication, collaboration, and coordination between the chosen governmental institutions and other participatory agencies.
Communication between inter-governmental agencies and regional institutions aids in strengthening collective efforts that are set into motion.
These include but are not limited to rising sea levels, damaged coral reefs, storm activity, and erosion.
At the Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve and the Cumberland Island National Seashore, teams such as the National Park Foundation (NPF), National Park Services (NPS), and the Green Team Youth Corps at Groundwork Jacksonville are all making strides to prevent and stabilize eroding shorelines, regrowing native marsh grasses, and reemerging the once stable habitat that was once known as home for a plethora of marine species.
Lower carbon emissions, healthier living spaces, and improved efficiency are all the reap of the crop of the USGBC’s remedial efforts that are “constructed and operated through LEED.” [22]
