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...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
©2007.
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
Series: | Synthesis lectures on engineering, technology, and society ;
#4. |
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Planet earth
- Poverty
- Emerging ideas in engineering
- A new paradigm for engineering
- Final thoughts
- References
- Authorbiography.