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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.Table
of Contents: 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

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