Engineering, Poverty, and the Earth (Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, and Society, 4) - Softcover

Catalano, George D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1598292188 ISBN 13: 9781598292183

Publisher: Morgan and Claypool Publishers, 2007

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Morgan and Claypool Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1598292188
• ISBN 13: 9781598292183
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 74