EAN: 9783031799365

SYNTHESIS LECTURES ON ENGINEERS TECHNOLOGY & SO...

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.

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