Engineering, Poverty, and the Earth

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-1-59829-218-3
Verlag: Morgan & Claypool Publishers

Buch, Englisch, 73 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, and Society

In the present work, the growing awareness in engineering of the profession’s responsibility towards the environment and the poor is considered. The following approach is taken: a brief overview of the issues of poverty particularly in the U.S. and the deterioration of the natural world with a focus on the Arctic is provided. Case studies involving New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the status of polar bears in a time of shrinking Arctic ice cover are detailed. Recent developments in engineering related to the issues of poverty and the environment are discussed. A new paradigm for engineering based on the works of Leonardo Boff and Thomas Berry, one that places an important emphasis upon a community, is explored.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction
- Planet Earth
- Poverty
- Emerging Ideas in Engineering
- A New Paradigm for Engineering
- Final Thoughts