TY - BOOK AU - Lucena, Juan C. AU - Schneider , Jennifer J. AU - Leydens, Jon A. TI - Engineering and sustainable community development SN - 9781608450718 U1 - 620.0023 PY - 2010/// CY - San Rafael, Calif. : PB - Morgan & Claypool Publishers KW - Sustainable development KW - Social aspects KW - Engineering KW - Sustainable engineering N1 - 5861 tk; 1. Introduction -- Engineers as problem solvers -- Engineers' beliefs about community development -- Engineers, development, and community -- What makes this book different -- Who is this book for -- Brief outline of the book -- References N2 - This book, Engineering and Sustainable Community Development, presents an overview of engineering as it relates to humanitarian engineering, service learning engineering, or engineering for community development, often called sustainable community development (SCD). The topics covered include a history of engineers and development, the problems of using industry-based practices when designing for communities, how engineers can prepare to work with communities, and listening in community development. It also includes two case studies--one of engineers developing a windmill for a community in India, and a second of an engineer "mapping communities" in Honduras to empower people to use water effectively--and student perspectives and experiences on one curricular model dealing with community development ER -