Engineering for sustainable human development : a guide to successful small-scale community projects / / Bernard Amadei, Ph.D., NAE

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459842603321
• Autore: Amadei Bernard <1954->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Reston, Virginia : , : American Society of Civil Engineers, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 0-7844-7840-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (520 p.)
• Disciplina: 624.068/4
• Soggetti: Sustainable construction; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1 Context""; ""1.2 Scope""; ""1.3 Proposed Framework Goal and Objectives""; ""1.4 Framework Characteristics and Caveats""; ""1.5 Book Content""; ""References""; ""2. International Development""; ""2.1 Toward a Sustainable World""; ""2.2 The Spectrum of Human Needs""; ""2.3 Poverty""; ""2.4 Development and Human Development""; ""2.5 Sustainability and Sustainable Development""; ""2.6 Frameworks for Sustainability""; ""2.7 Progress in Human Development""; ""2.8 Concluding Remarks""; ""References""; ""3. Engineers and Development""; ""3.1 Context""""3.2 Engineers Indispensable to Development""; ""3.3 Engineering and Society""; ""3.4 Engineering for Sustainable Human Development""; ""3.5 Design for Sustainable Human Development""; ""3.6 Engineering Education for Sustainable Human Development""; ""3.7 The Making of the Global Engineer""; ""3.8 Chapter Summary""; ""References""; ""4. Development Project Frameworks""; ""4.1 Guiding Principles""; ""4.2 Project Life-Cycle Management""; ""4.3 Project Design""; ""4.4 Project Life-Cycle Frameworks""; ""4.5 Review of Major Development Frameworks""; ""4.6 Proposed Framework""; ""4.7 Rights-Based Approach""""4.8 Uncertainty in Development Projects""; ""4.9 Project Delivery in Complex Systems""; ""4.10 Chapter ; Summary""; ""References""; ""5. Defining and Appraising the Community""; ""5.1 About Appraisal""; ""5.2 Appraisal Outcome""; ""5.3 Community Diagnostic Tools""; ""5.4 A Reality Check: Challenges and Biases""; ""5.5 Building a Support Team""; ""5.6 Data Collection""; ""5.7 Designing and Carrying Out the Appraisal""; ""5.8 Analysis and Presentation of Data""; ""5.9 Problem Identification and Ranking""; ""5.10 Social Network Analysis""; ""5.11 Chapter Summary""; ""References""""6. A System Dynamics Approach to Community Development""; ""6.1 Communities as Systems""; ""6.2 Systems and Systems Thinking Basics""; ""6.3 What Systems Thinking Is Not About""; ""6.4 Systems Components and Archetypes""; ""6.5 Modeling Systems Dynamics Using iThink and STELLA""; ""6.6 Systems and Community Development""; ""6.7 Illustrative Example Using iThink and STELLA""; ""6.8 Chapter Summary""; ""References""; ""7. From Appraisal to Project Hypothesis""; ""7.1 Preliminary Design""; ""7.2 Causal Analysis: Problem and Solution Trees""; ""7.3 Preliminary Solutions""; ""7.4 Chapter Summary""""References""; ""8. Focused Strategy and Planning""; ""8.1 Comprehensive Planning""; ""8.2 Strategy""; ""8.3 Operationâ€?Logistics and Tactics""; ""8.4 Planning of Management Activities""; ""8.5 Project Quality Planning""; ""8.6 Refining the Work Plan""; ""8.7 Behavior Change Communication""; ""8.8 Chapter Summary""; ""References""; ""9. Capacity Analysis and Capacity Development""; ""9.1 From Development Aid to Capacity""; ""9.2 Capacity Assessment""; ""9.3 Capacity Development Response""; ""9.4 Chapter Summary""; ""References""; ""10. Risk Analysis and Management""; ""10.1 Capacity, Vulnerability, and Risk""