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Engineering, poverty, and the earth

By: Catalano, George D. (George Dominic).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Synthesis lectures on engineering, technology, and society: #4.Publisher: San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2007Edition: 1st ed.Description: 1 electronic document (x, 73 p.) : digital file.ISBN: 1598292196 (electronic bk.); 9781598292190 (electronic bk.).Uniform titles: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science. Subject(s): Engineering ethics | Engineering -- Social aspects | Environmental degradation | Environmental engineering | Poverty -- United States | Poverty | Engineering | Ethics | Professional responsibilities | Earth | Poverty | Service-learningDDC classification: 620/.0023/73 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource | Abstract with links to full text
Contents:
Introduction -- Planet earth -- Poverty -- Emerging ideas in engineering -- A new paradigm for engineering -- Final thoughts -- References -- Authorbiography.
Subject: 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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Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-72).

Introduction -- Planet earth -- Poverty -- Emerging ideas in engineering -- A new paradigm for engineering -- Final thoughts -- References -- Authorbiography.

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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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