• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Engineers engaging community : water and energy
  • Contributor: Oldham, Carolyn [Other]
  • imprint: San Rafael, Calif. <1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA>: Morgan & Claypool, c2013
    Online-Ausg.
  • Published in: Synthesis lectures on engineers, technology and society ; 19
  • Extent: Online Ressource (1 electronic text (xi, 104 p.)); ill., digital file
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9781608459643
  • Keywords: Engineering Social aspects ; Sustainable engineering ; Water-supply engineering Timor-Leste ; Energy policy Timor-Leste
  • Type of reproduction: Online-Ausg.
  • Origination:
  • Footnote: Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science. - Series from website. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-101). - Compendex. INSPEC. Google scholar. Google book search. - Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on March 26, 2013)
    System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Description: Water and energy are fundamental elements of community well-being and economic development, and a key focus of engineering efforts the world over. As such, they offer outstanding opportunities for the development of socially just engineering practices. This work examines the engineering of water and energy systems with a focus on issues of social justice and sustainability. A key theme running through the work is engaging community on water and energy engineering projects: How is this achieved in diverse contexts? And, what can we learn from past failures and successes in water and energy engineering? The book includes a detailed case study of issues involved in the provision of water and energy, among other needs, in a developing and newly independent nation, East Timor