TY - JOUR
T1 - Constraints to assets, waste to resources
T2 - integrating green technologies in a novel pilot project for drylands
AU - Meir, I. A.
N1 - Funding Information: This research and project are being conducted under the coordination of Dr M. Ben-Eli, Sustainability Laboratory director. The master plan and green building design team are headed by this author, and includes Dr S. Leu and Dr A. Mussery (BIDR), soil enhancement; Prof. A. Gross and Dr M. Travis (BIDR), biogas and wastewater; L.Arch. S. Heffer-Chaikin and Eng. A. Freund, landscape design and drainage; Dr A. Bechar (Zenith Solar), solar energy, cogeneration; Eng. D. Columbus (Netafim), irrigation; Dr S. Kimchie, composting; Dr M. Alnabari (Mayor of Hura and Wadi Attir cooperative); Y. Nabari, M.S. Abu S’beit and A. Alhawashleh (Wadi Attir cooperative). The generous support of the Jewish National Fund, Israel Ministry of Agriculture, Israel Ministry for the Negev and the Galilee, and numerous others is kindly acknowledged. Publisher Copyright: © 2013 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2015/4/21
Y1 - 2015/4/21
N2 - The semi-nomadic Bedouin of the Israeli desert have been undergoing sedentarisation which has affected both their lifestyles and their livelihoods. A multi-disciplinary team has been working on the planning and design of a sustainable farming project for a Bedouin community. A site of 40 ha located in the semi-arid Negev desert serves as a pilot project integrating green principles, practices and technologies, aimed at improving production process and economic potential through soil improvement, recycling of wastewater, solar energy and co-generation, composting of solid waste, biogas production, green buildings, and the re-introduction of indigenous species of vegetables, medicinal plants, herbs and spices that have been marginalised. With integration in mind as the main guideline, the design team aims at utilising each activity's waste as the resource for another activity, preferably onsite, through rigorous scientific evaluation and economic cost–benefit analysis. The project is already under construction.
AB - The semi-nomadic Bedouin of the Israeli desert have been undergoing sedentarisation which has affected both their lifestyles and their livelihoods. A multi-disciplinary team has been working on the planning and design of a sustainable farming project for a Bedouin community. A site of 40 ha located in the semi-arid Negev desert serves as a pilot project integrating green principles, practices and technologies, aimed at improving production process and economic potential through soil improvement, recycling of wastewater, solar energy and co-generation, composting of solid waste, biogas production, green buildings, and the re-introduction of indigenous species of vegetables, medicinal plants, herbs and spices that have been marginalised. With integration in mind as the main guideline, the design team aims at utilising each activity's waste as the resource for another activity, preferably onsite, through rigorous scientific evaluation and economic cost–benefit analysis. The project is already under construction.
KW - alternative energy sources
KW - desert
KW - green building
KW - green technologies
KW - integration
KW - sustainability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84914686962&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1080/14786451.2013.858160
DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/14786451.2013.858160
M3 - Article
SN - 1478-6451
VL - 34
SP - 154
EP - 165
JO - International Journal of Sustainable Energy
JF - International Journal of Sustainable Energy
IS - 3-4
ER -
