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We are confronted with a multitude of formidable challenges as global catastrophes draw closer in the areas of energy supply, resource management, land use and climate change. |
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Effective approaches to solutions can only come from strategies developed regionally and, when successful, adapted to other regions. |
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Local autonomy is most effectively realized by local cyclic management of resources, goods and services. |
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This requires developing interdisciplinary approaches and assembling experts from many fields to form clusters of expertise. |
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Information technology makes it possible for geographically dispersed experts to cooperate in clusters. |
