02683nam 22006135 450 991079564030332120230120113150.03-031-79937-210.1007/978-3-031-79937-2(CKB)5580000000323527(DE-He213)978-3-031-79937-2(MiAaPQ)EBC880996(EXLCZ)99558000000032352720220601d2007 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEngineering, Poverty, and the Earth[electronic resource] /by George D. Catalano1st ed. 2007.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2007.1 online resource (X, 73 p.) Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society,1933-36413-031-79936-4 Introduction -- Planet Earth -- Poverty -- Emerging Ideas in Engineering -- A New Paradigm for Engineering -- Final Thoughts.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.Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society,1933-3641EngineeringSocial sciencesEducationReligionHistoryTechnology and EngineeringSocietyEducationReligionHistoryEngineering.Social sciences.Education.Religion.History.Technology and Engineering.Society.Education.Religion.History.620Catalano George Dauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1479954BOOK9910795640303321Engineering, Poverty, and the Earth3696349UNINA