Strategies for engineering development: Advancing technology, prioritising people

Desalination

Volumn 227, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 3-13

  Bowen, W Richard ^a  

^a i NewtonWales   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buber; Development; Engineering; Ethics; Ricoeur; Water; Weapons

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY;

ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT; TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE; TECHNICAL SKILLS;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DESALINATION; ETHICS; PHILOSOPHY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 42949098524     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.05.033     Document Type: Article

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