Engineering, Poverty, and the Earth
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…
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- ISBN: 978-1-59829-218-3
- EAN: 9781598292183
- Produktnummer: 3339705
- Verlag: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1905
- Seitenangabe: 84 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B19.1 cm x D0.4 cm 176 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 176
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