ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING Principles and Practice doc

[...]... al., 1992; Schulze, 1996) Of note, a journal called Ecological Engineering was started in 1992, with Mitsch as editor-in-chief, and two professional societies have been formed (the International Ecological Engineering Society founded in 1993 and the American Ecological Engineering Society founded in 2001) 4 Ecological Engineering: Principles and Practice 6RXUFH 6WRUDJH 3DWKZD\ RI (QHUJ\ 0DWHULDOV... journal Ecological Engineering and the Journal of Environmental Engineering provide further discussion on this relationship (McCutcheon and Mitsch, 1994; McCutcheon and Walski, 1994; Mitsch, 1994) Hopefully, ecological and environmental engineering can evolve on parallel tracks with supportive rather than competitive interactions In practice, closer ties may exist between ecological engineering and the... relevant for ecological engineering (Orr, 2002; Papanek, 1971; Todd and Todd, 1984, 1994; Van Der Ryn and Cowan, 1996; Wann, 1990, 1996; Zelov and Cousineau, 1997) These works on ecological design are perhaps not sufficiently quantitative to strictly qualify as engineering, but they contain important insights necessary for sound engineering practice The relationship between ecological engineering and several... physical explanation and prediction, no ecologist has ever been said to have exhibited engineering envy.” 1 2 Ecological Engineering: Principles and Practice On the other hand, the name of ecological engineering is controversial to engineers who are hesitant about creating a new engineering profession based on an approach that relies so heavily on the “soft” science of ecology and that lacks the quantitative... hybrid engineering science” in the following quote: Engineering, historically, originates as an art based on experience Empiricism is gradually replaced by engineering science developed through research, the use of mathematical analysis, and the application of scientific principles Today’s emphasis in engineering, and in engineering education, is, and should be, on the development and use of the engineering. .. taxonomy is critical for understanding diversity This is the field of 14 Ecological Engineering: Principles and Practice TABLE 1.6 Listing of Applications of New Ecosystems in Ecological Engineering Activity Type of Constructed Ecosystem Soil bioengineering Fast growing riparian tree species for bank stabilization and erosion control Bioremediation Mixes of microbial species and/ or nutrient additions for... benefit of man and nature Ecological engineering unites many of these applications into one discipline with similar principles and methods The idea of ecological engineering was introduced by H T Odum He first used the term community engineering, where community referred to the ecological community or set of interacting species in an ecosystem, in an early paper on microcosms (H T Odum and Hoskin, 1957)... The Ecological Theater and the Self-Organizational Play Epistemology and Ecological Engineering Future Directions for Design Ecological Nanotechnology Terraforming and Global Engineering From Biosensors to Ecosensors Technoecosystems A Universal Pollution Treatment Ecosystem Ecological Architecture Biofiltration and Indoor Environmental... Mechanics Electricity Ecology Engineering Field Chemical engineering Mechanical engineering Electrical engineering Ecological engineering also are based on particular scientific disciplines or topics (Table 1.2) The principles and theories of ecology are fundamental for understanding natural ecosystems and, therefore, also for the design, construction, and operation of new ecosystems for human purposes The... ecological engineering to the overall discipline of engineering is not well developed, probably because most of the originators of the field have been primarily ecologists rather than engineers This situation is changing rapidly but to a large extent the early work has been dominated by ecology Ecological engineering 10 Ecological Engineering: Principles and Practice TABLE 1.4 Comparisons of Definitions of Engineering . GICAL ENGINEERING Principles and Practice LEWIS PUBLISHERS A CRC Press Company Boca Raton London New York Washington, D.C. ECOLO GICAL ENGINEERING Principles. C. Ecological engineering: principles and practice / Patrick Kangas. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56670-599-1 (alk. paper) 1. Ecological