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Human Dimensions of Civil Engineering - Couverture souple

Terzano, Kathryn

 
9781032491141: Human Dimensions of Civil Engineering
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1032491140 ISBN 13 : 9781032491141
Editeur : CRC Press, 2024

Synopsis

Written to complement civil engineers’ technical knowledge, this book explains the sociocultural contextual knowledge that civil engineers need if they are to be effective in their professions. Civil engineers design and build the world in which we all live. The decisions that they make can guide us toward a more sustainable society since the infrastructure that they create has a direct impact on how sustainably we are able to live. Sustainability is value-laden, however, and embedded within larger contexts. Whilst engineers are well versed in technical matters and the evaluation of physical contexts, their education often leaves out essential knowledge about the larger social, cultural, economic, historical, and political contexts in which they operate.

This book helps readers to understand contextual knowledge and why context matters—which is useful to engineering students and professionals who have found this topic absent from their education, who would like to understand contextual issues, and who would like to know why they should care. The book lays out essential sociocultural contextual knowledge for today’s civil engineers, relevant across a wide variety of workplaces.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kathryn Terzano is Lecturer in Sustainable Design at the University of Bristol, UK.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Civil engineers need to understand the larger social, cultural, economic, historical, and political environment context to be effective in their profession and to deliver sustainability. With case studies, takeaway messages, and questions for further thought, this outlines these factors, with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

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Éditeur
CRC Press
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1032491140
ISBN 13 
9781032491141
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
102
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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