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Autore: | Catalano George D |
Titolo: | Engineering, Poverty, and the Earth / / by George D. Catalano |
Pubblicazione: | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2007 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. 2007. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (X, 73 p.) |
Disciplina: | 620 |
Soggetto topico: | Engineering |
Social sciences | |
Education | |
Religion | |
History | |
Technology and Engineering | |
Society | |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Planet Earth -- Poverty -- Emerging Ideas in Engineering -- A New Paradigm for Engineering -- Final Thoughts. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Engineering, Poverty, and the Earth |
ISBN: | 3-031-79937-2 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910821843003321 |
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