Sustainability principles and practice for engineers

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 32-39

  Boyle, Carol ^a   Coates, Gerry Te Kapa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENGINEERING PRACTICE; SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES; TASK FORCE; WORLD FEDERATION OF ENGINEERING ORGANIZATIONS (WFEO);

ENGINEERING;

EID: 27844584820     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTAS.2005.1507538     Document Type: Article

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