
Engineering and Sustainable Community Development
Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Published on 30. March 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
230 pages
978-1-60845-070-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book, Engineering and Sustainable Community Development, presents an overview of engineering as it relates to humanitarian engineering, service learning engineering, or engineering for community development, often called sustainable community development (SCD). The topics covered include a history of engineers and development, the problems of using industry-based practices when designing for communities, how engineers can prepare to work with communities, and listening in community development. It also includes two case studies -- one of engineers developing a windmill for a community in India, and a second of an engineer ""mapping communities"" in Honduras to empower people to use water effectively -- and student perspectives and experiences on one curricular model dealing with community development.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
San Rafael
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 187 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-60845-070-1 (9781608450701)
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Content
- Introduction
- Engineers and Development: From Empires to Sustainable Development
- Why Design for Industry Will Not Work as Design for Community
- Engineering with Community
- Listening to Community
- ESCD Case Study 1: Sika Dhari's Windmill
- ESCD Case Study 2: Building Organizations and Mapping Communities in Honduras
- Students' Perspectives on ESCD: A Course Model
- Beyond Engineers and Community: A Path Forward
- Engineers and Development: From Empires to Sustainable Development
- Why Design for Industry Will Not Work as Design for Community
- Engineering with Community
- Listening to Community
- ESCD Case Study 1: Sika Dhari's Windmill
- ESCD Case Study 2: Building Organizations and Mapping Communities in Honduras
- Students' Perspectives on ESCD: A Course Model
- Beyond Engineers and Community: A Path Forward