Engineering, poverty, and the earth / George D. Catalano.
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TextSeries: Synthesis lectures on engineering, technology, and society ; #4.Publication details: [San Rafael, Calif.] : Morgan & Claypool, c2007Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 73 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781598294606 (pbk.); 9781598292183(pbk.); 1598292188 (pbk.)Subject(s): Engineering ethics | Engineering -- Social aspects | Environmental engineering | Environmental degradation | Poverty | Poverty -- United StatesDDC classification: 174.962 LOC classification: TA157 | .C38 2007Also issued online.Abstract: 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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-72)
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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