Human Activity Ecosystems

The Human Activity Ecosystem (HAES)is a system that integrates the capabilities of all other systems and forms the forms the source of economic activity.

This integration can be shown in the following picture:

All of these systems have a local component within the ecosystem area of a city region. The basic planning for this human activity ecosystem is critical to match both the characteristics of the ecosystem where the ecosystem resides and the types of services that can be utilized within this ecosystem. The resilience of the systems in this Human Activity Ecosystem (HAES) is key for the long term viability and well being of the people / citizens living in this area.

This means that local solutions that are designed and operated within this area have much more knowledge about the types of challenges that the system will fact.

The tradeoffs between the capabilities of one city-region and others may provide a balance for a wider understanding of the interdependencies of a set of local or regional cities.

Human Activity Ecosystem (HAES) Change

A key aspect of changing a Human Activity Ecosystem (HAES) is the coordination of all changes that are occurring in the area. This ensures that the various city regions are changed in a way that delivers all of the benefits without incurring any undesired consequences. The changes are coordinated using enabling systems supporting the various system elements interacting with the city-regions in the human activity ecosystem.

Change and development activities are described in the behavioural developmental (structural changes) section.