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Author Catalano, George D. (George Dominic)
Title Engineering, poverty, and the earth / George D. Catalano.
Edition First edition.
OCLC 200704ETS004
ISBN 1598292196 (electronic bk.)
9781598292190 (electronic bk.)
ISBN/ISSN 10.2200/S00088ED1V01Y200704ETS004 doi
Publisher San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2007]
©2007
Description 1 electronic document (x, 73 pages) : digital file.
LC Subject heading/s Engineering ethics.
Engineering -- Social aspects.
Environmental degradation.
Environmental engineering.
Poverty -- United States.
Poverty.
SUBJECT Engineering.
Ethics.
Professional responsibilities.
Earth.
Poverty.
Service-learning.
System details note Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: PDF reader.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-72).
Contents Introduction -- Planet earth -- Poverty -- Emerging ideas in engineering -- A new paradigm for engineering -- Final thoughts -- References -- Authorbiography.
Restrictions Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.
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Subject summary 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.
NOTE Google scholar.
General note Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.
Series from website.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Oct. 10, 2008).
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