Engineering for sustainable human development
Subtitle: a guide to successful small-scale community projects
By: Bernard Amadei, Ph.D., NAE
Publisher: ASCE Press/American Society of Civil Engineers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Reston, Virginia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9780784413531; 9780784478400; 9780784478417
Subjects: Sustainable construction
Description: Addresses the role of engineering in poverty reduction and human development. Amadei introduces a framework to help engineers conduct small-scale projects in communities vulnerable to the consequences of a wide range of adverse events. His framework combines concepts and tools traditionally used by development agencies with techniques from engineering project management and systems thinking. When blended, these tools and techniques from seemingly unrelated fields offer engineers better methods to manage the difficulties inherent in community development projects. --From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.