In this book, Bernard Amadei addresses the role of engineering in poverty reduction and human development. He 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…
This book introduces the reader to systems thinking and demonstrates how the tools of system dynamics (one of the many traditions in system science) can be used in the design and planning of engineering solutions in small-scale community development projects. A systems approach to community development project calls for development practitioners to be able to operate in unpredictable and complex environments…
This two-volume book describes a flexible and adaptive system-based methodology and associated guidelines for the management and allocation of community-based WELF resources. Volume 1 reviews the existing literature about the nexus and focuses on defining the landscape in which it operates. The proposed methodology is also outlined. Volume 2 explores the quantitative and qualitative modeling of the nexus and landscape using system modeling tools including system dynamics. It presents a road map for the formulation, simulation, selection, and ranking of possible interventions, as well as the development of possible intervention plans.
Field Guide to Environmental Engineering for Development Workers: Water, Wastewater, and Indoor Air, by James R. Mihelcic, Lauren M. Frye, Elizabeth A. Myre, Linda D. Phillips, and Brian D. Barkdoll (ASCE Press, 2009). Explains sustainable engineering techniques for application in preparing for and executing international engineering service projects.
Sustainability Guidelines for the Structural Engineer, edited by Dirk M. Kestner, P.E.; Jennifer Goupil, P.E.; and Emily Lorenz, P.E. (ASCE Technical Report, 2010). Offers guidelines to advance the understanding of sustainability in the structural community and to incorporate concepts of sustainability into structural engineering standards and practices.
Sustainable Wastewater Management in Developing Countries: New Paradigms and Case Studies from the Field, by Carsten Laugesen, Ole Fryd, Hans Brix, and Thammarat Koottatep (ASCE Press, 2010). Draws upon the authors’ experiences in Malaysia, Thailand, and other countries to examine the failures of traditional planning, design, and implementation, and to offer localized solutions that will yield effective sustainable management systems.
Sustainable Engineering Practice: An Introduction, by the Committee on Sustainability. (ASCE Technical Report, 2004). Provides a broad, fundamental understanding of sustainability principles and their application to engineering work.
Toward a Sustainable Water Future: Vision for 2050, edited by Walter M. Grayman, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE; Daniel P. Loucks, Ph.D.; and Laurel Saito, Ph.D., P.E (ASCE Technical Report, 2012). Contains essays by more than 50 experts in environmental and water resource issues who describe their visions of the field in 2050 and the steps necessary to make those visions a reality.