Engineering and sustainable community development

Juan Lucena, Jen Schneider, Jon A. Leydens

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Abstract

This book, Engineering and Sustainable CommunityDevelopment,presents an overviewof 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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSynthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, and Society
EditorsJuan Lucena, Jon Leydens, Jen Schneider
Pages1-230
Number of pages230
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

Publication series

NameSynthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, and Society
Volume11

Keywords

  • Appropriate technology
  • Engineering for community development
  • Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
  • Humanitarian engineering
  • Service learning engineering
  • Social justice
  • Sustainable community development (SCD)
  • Sustainable engineering

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