| Engineering, Poverty, and the Earth Contributor(s): Catalano, George D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1598292188 ISBN-13: 9781598292183 Publisher: Morgan & Claypool OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: In the present work, the growing awareness in engineering of the professions 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - General - Technology & Engineering | Social Aspects - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness |
| Dewey: 174.962 |
| Series: Synthesis Lectures on Engineering |
| Physical Information: 0.19" H x 7.59" W x 8.82" (0.37 lbs) 73 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |