Subject(s): Sustainable development, Environmental management, Physical geography, Biotic communities,Environmental economics,Globalization -- Regulation and control processes in ecosystem : Ecosystem function/ structure, human environment, rural and urban living, natural ecosystems compared to human made system, Globalization and balance- ecosystem dimension, human made growth, balance between centralization and decentralization in technical systems -- Control and management of man-made systems : Centralized v/s decentralized systems- a critical appraisal, principles of subsidiarity and internality as ordering principles of decentralized structure - illustrated by example of water management, smart energy systems- decentralization, virtualization and hierarchization, importance of negative feedback , neoliberal monetary system in adaptive cycle -- Governance of societies : Skipping centralization, balance between efficiency, effectiveness, resilience and cohesion, what can we learn from natural ecosystem to avoid a civilization breakdown, nature and human nature- ethical concerns should not be disregarded in the process of decentralization, transformation towards a resilient and human environment and culture -- Towards sustainability economics : Establishment of a sustainable economy requires a proper balance between centralized and decentralized structures, is bioeconomy the road to decentralization, sustainable economy in globalized world-models and solutions to induce sustainable development, thoughts from a non-economical point of view -- Sanitary engineering- central or decentral solutions : Urban water management requires both central and decentral solutions, decentralization of wastewater treatment and reuse, centralized and decentralized structures in solid waste management -- Communication, mobility and logistics : Challenges of complexity in the age of globalization and big data, ICT, internet as complex dynamical system, automatic negotiation of virtual agents, big data technology -- Wildbad- Kreuth- Declaration, Global stability through decentralization -- Zugspitze declaration on the responsibility of humanity for the functioning of the earth system