Samenvatting

The way we live is not efficient. We waste, we barely recycle and the facilities we use are wasteful. The reason is the large scale in which we facilitate ourselves. This also happens in and around Arnhem and Nijmegen. The way of living in the sphere between the rivers Waal and Rhine has to alter drastically. Only 1% of the water that flows through the rivers, is used by the area. Sever climate change in the next decades will result in the increase of the water-pressure. Waste is processed near the major cities in the area, most of the energy is supplied by a power plant or even ported from neighboring countries, and food arrives from farms and greenhouses over the area