Engineering and sustainable community development / Juan C Lucena, Jennifer J Schneider and Jon A Leydens.

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Lucena, Juan C

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TextLanguage: English Series: Synthesis lectures on engineering, technology, and society ; 11Publication details: San Rafael, Calif. : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, ©2010.Description: xiv, 218 pages : illustrations; 25 cmISBN:

9781608450718

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620.0023 LUE 2010

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1. Introduction -- Engineers as problem solvers -- Engineers' beliefs about community development -- Engineers, development, and community -- What makes this book different -- Who is this book for -- Brief outline of the book -- References.

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre Library General Stacks	620.0023 LUE 2010	Available	110108
Books	Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre Library General Stacks	620.0023 LUE 2010	Available	110107

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1. Introduction --
Engineers as problem solvers --
Engineers' beliefs about community development --
Engineers, development, and community --
What makes this book different --
Who is this book for --
Brief outline of the book --
References.

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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