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Item Details
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ENGINEERING, POVERTY, AND THE EARTH
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| By: |
George D. Catalano, Caroline Baillie |
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Paperback |
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£35.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1598292188 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781598292183 |
| Publisher: |
MORGAN & CLAYPOOL PUBLISHERS |
| Pub. date: |
29 June, 1905 |
| Series: |
Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, and Society |
| Pages: |
73 |
| Description: |
Discusses engineering in the context of environmental degradation and poverty. This book focus on two specific problems namely, the plight of the polar bears in the Arctic and the plight of the poor in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. It achieves greater insights by concentrating on these two issues. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
1, black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Morgan & Claypool Publishers |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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