Engineering, Poverty, and the Earth

by George D. Catalano

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031799364
• ISBN13: 9783031799365
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 73 Pages