Engineers engaging community [electronic resource] : water and energy / Carolyn Oldham ... [et al.]
- Bib ID:
- 6248209
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- Book
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- Description:
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- San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool, c2013
- 1 online resource ( 1 electronic text xi, 104 p.) : ill., digital file.
- ISBN:
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- 9781608459643
- 1608459640
- Invalid ISBN:
- 9781608459636
- Series:
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- Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.
- Synthesis lectures on engineering, technology, and society ; # 19. 1933-3641
- Full contents:
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. Energy and community
- 2.1 Energy: the big picture
- 2.2 Pathway to an energy-dependent society
- 2.3 Energy and the engineer
- 2.3.1 Sustainability
- 2.4 Small is beautiful
- 2.5 Restoring the balance
- 3. Water: scarcity, sustainability, and social justice
- 3.1 Water: the big picture
- 3.2 Secure water services as a societal requirement
- 3.3 Water in cultural context
- 3.4 Dams and diversions: causes and consequences
- 3.5 Demand responsive management and the "soft path"
- 3.6 Conclusions
- 4. Integrated water management as a peace dividend: communities, social justice, and capacity building in Timor-Leste
- 4.1 Timor-Leste, a snapshot
- 4.2 Colonization under the Portuguese
- 4.3 Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste: responses and leadership development
- 4.4 From war to peaceful diplomacy
- 4.5 Timor-Leste's water and sanitation services after independence
- 4.5.1 Water management as a peace dividend
- 4.5.2 Capacity building
- 4.6 Homegrown engineers, challenges for capacity building
- 4.6.1 Indonesian occupation: educational and social impacts
- 4.6.2 Occupation: language policy
- 4.6.3 Current obstacles to nation building, education, and infrastructure
- 4.6.4 Development of appropriate engineering standards for Timor-Leste
- 4.7 Summary
- 5. Integrated resource management as a path to social justice
- Bibliography
- Author biographies.
- Notes:
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- Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.
- Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on March 26, 2013).
- Series from website.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-101).
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- Reproduction:
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Subject:
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- Engineering -- Social aspects
- Sustainable engineering
- Water-supply engineering -- Timor-Leste
- Energy policy -- Timor-Leste
- engineering and society
- social justice
- engineering studies
- engineering education
- participatory development
- community engagement
- sustainability
- history
- energy
- water
- sanitation
- development studies
- East Timor
- war
- Australian
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