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the way we design and manage our communities (especially our modern
large urban environments). It will certainly require that we conduct our col-
lective living on the non-negotiable terms of the natural world. We can
modify and reshape environments, we can develop clever technologies that
extend the carrying capacity of the natural world, but the bottom line is that
we cannot exceed the biocapacity of the planet without long-term detriment
to human health and survival.
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