Journal of Humanitarian Engineering

Journal of Humanitarian Engineering
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Publisher: EWB Australia
Total Pages: 52
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Genre: Engineering
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The Journal of Humanitarian Engineering publishes outcomes of research and field experiences at the intersection of technology and community development. The field of 'humanitarian engineering' describes the application of engineering and technology for the benefit of disadvantaged communities. This field spans thematic areas from water to energy to infrastructure; and applications from disability access to poverty alleviation. The JHE aims to highlight the importance of humanitarian engineering projects and to inspire engineering solutions to solve the world’s most pertinent challenges.

Humanitarian Logistics

Humanitarian Logistics
Author: R. Tomasini
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2009-02-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230233481

Imagine planning an event like the Olympics. Now imagine planning the same event but not knowing when or where it will take place, or how many will attend. This is what humanitarian logisticians are up against. Oversights result in serious consequences for the victims of disasters. So they have to get it right, fast.

Transcending Humanitarian Engineering Strategies for Sustainable Futures

Transcending Humanitarian Engineering Strategies for Sustainable Futures
Author: Koumpouros, Yiannis
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2023-03-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1668456214

Engineering disciplines have a pivotal role to play in the solution of global humanitarian challenges, enabling our society to take steps towards sustainable human development. Engineering can be used as the catalyst for the change that the world needs; from water supply to renewable energy provision, engineering knowledge and application underpin the responses needed for us all to pursue a sustainable future. Because the issue of humanitarianism is not just engineering problems, there is a need to engage with professionals, breakdown previously siloed approaches and obdurate practices, and introduce interdisciplinary education and training to enhance combinational expertise. Transcending Humanitarian Engineering Strategies for Sustainable Futures provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the area of humanitarian engineering as a means for future-proofing our communities. Covering topics such as disaster mitigation, natural hazards, and land use change, this premier reference source is an excellent resource for engineers, environmentalists, sociologists, anthropologists, urban planners, government officials, students and educators of higher education, non-profit organizations, researchers, and academicians.

Modern Challenges and Approaches to Humanitarian Engineering

Modern Challenges and Approaches to Humanitarian Engineering
Author: Koumpouros, Yiannis
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2022-03-25
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1799891925

The 21st century is associated with a number of environmental, social, and economic challenges spanning from globalization and migration to climate change, global health, urbanization, and natural hazards. These challenges of the modern age command our immediate reaction towards an equal society. There is an urgent need for scientists, researchers, and politicians to take the reins by providing immediate solutions to tackle this harsh reality. The need for a more human approach has recently led to what we call humanitarian engineering. Modern Challenges and Approaches to Humanitarian Engineering provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in this area. It discusses the most recent challenges and approaches in the field of humanitarian engineering and presents research, case studies, and innovative models. Covering topics such as contact tracing apps, scientific production, and sustainable management, this book is an essential resource for engineers, government officials, scientists, activists, humanitarians, emergency management agencies, students and educators of higher education, researchers, and academicians.

Extracting Accountability

Extracting Accountability
Author: Jessica M. Smith
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2021-09-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0262542161

How engineers in the mining and oil and gas industries attempt to reconcile competing domains of public accountability. The growing movement toward corporate social responsibility (CSR) urges corporations to promote the well-being of people and the planet rather than the sole pursuit of profit. In Extracting Accountability, Jessica Smith investigates how the public accountability of corporations emerges from the everyday practices of the engineers who work for them. Focusing on engineers who view social responsibility as central to their profession, she finds the corporate context of their work prompts them to attempt to reconcile competing domains of accountability—to formal guidelines, standards, and policies; to professional ideals; to the public; and to themselves. Their efforts are complicated by the distributed agency they experience as corporate actors: they are not always authors of their actions and frequently act through others. Drawing on extensive interviews, archival research, and fieldwork, Smith traces the ways that engineers in the mining and oil and gas industries accounted for their actions to multiple publics—from critics of their industry to their own friends and families. She shows how the social license to operate and an underlying pragmatism lead engineers to ask how resource production can be done responsibly rather than whether it should be done at all. She analyzes the liminality of engineering consultants, who experienced greater professional autonomy but often felt hamstrung when positioned as outsiders. Finally, she explores how critical participation in engineering education can nurture new accountabilities and chart more sustainable resource futures.

Engineering Justice

Engineering Justice
Author: Jon A. Leydens
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2017-12-18
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1118757300

Shows how the engineering curriculum can be a site for rendering social justice visible in engineering, for exploring complex socio-technical interplays inherent in engineering practice, and for enhancing teaching and learning Using social justice as a catalyst for curricular transformation, Engineering Justice presents an examination of how politics, culture, and other social issues are inherent in the practice of engineering. It aims to align engineering curricula with socially just outcomes, increase enrollment among underrepresented groups, and lessen lingering gender, class, and ethnicity gaps by showing how the power of engineering knowledge can be explicitly harnessed to serve the underserved and address social inequalities. This book is meant to transform the way educators think about engineering curricula through creating or transforming existing courses to attract, retain, and motivate engineering students to become professionals who enact engineering for social justice. Engineering Justice offers thought-provoking chapters on: why social justice is inherent yet often invisible in engineering education and practice; engineering design for social justice; social justice in the engineering sciences; social justice in humanities and social science courses for engineers; and transforming engineering education and practice. In addition, this book: Provides a transformative framework for engineering educators in service learning, professional communication, humanitarian engineering, community service, social entrepreneurship, and social responsibility Includes strategies that engineers on the job can use to advocate for social justice issues and explain their importance to employers, clients, and supervisors Discusses diversity in engineering educational contexts and how it affects the way students learn and develop Engineering Justice is an important book for today’s professors, administrators, and curriculum specialists who seek to produce the best engineers of today and tomorrow.

Engineering Education for Social Justice

Engineering Education for Social Justice
Author: Juan Lucena
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2013-05-24
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9400763506

Hoping to help transform engineering into a more socially just field of practice, this book offers various perspectives and strategies while highlighting key concepts and themes that help readers understand the complex relationship between engineering education and social justice. This volume tackles topics and scopes ranging from the role of Buddhism in socially just engineering to the blinding effects of ideologies in engineering to case studies on the implications of engineered systems for social justice. This book aims to serve as a framework for interventions or strategies to make social justice more visible in engineering education and enhance scholarship in the emerging field of Engineering and Social Justice (ESJ). This creates a ‘toolbox’ for engineering educators and students to make social justice a central theme in engineering education. ​

Handbook of Research on Urban and Humanitarian Logistics

Handbook of Research on Urban and Humanitarian Logistics
Author: Jesus Gonzalez-Feliu
Publisher: IGI Global, Information Science Reference
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Delivery of goods
ISBN: 9781522581604

"This book examines urban logistics and resilience with a focus on sustainable urban logistics, humanitarian logistics in urban areas (both for crisis or long-term) and planning for resilient urban development"--

Innovating for the Global South

Innovating for the Global South
Author: Dilip Soman
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1442614625

Innovating for the Global South offers fresh solutions for reducing poverty in the developing world.

Science, Engineering, and Sustainable Development

Science, Engineering, and Sustainable Development
Author: Robert Krueger
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2023-12-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3110757508

Science and technology plays a critical role, but not the only role, in realizing the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Not only must we observe the cultural context of scientific and technological interventions, we must respect and support the innovative capacity of those with different backgrounds. To help understand these concerns, this book puts forth the concept of generative justice in science and technology for development. This book presents community case studies concerning technological interventions in global health, the environment, agriculture, and their ethics. Discusses issues around science, technology, and development in the Global South. Describes the redesign of lab-inspired prototypes after field testing with project partners. Identifies basic science/engineering principles utilized in development solutions.