Engineering for humanitarian development

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 6-15

  Amadei, Bernard ^a   Wallace, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Wallace Futures Group   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENGINEERING COMMUNITY; ENGINEERING PROJECT; FOOD PRODUCTION; NEW FORMS; POWER PRODUCTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SITE PLANNING; SOCIAL CHALLENGES; SOCIAL SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES;

ECONOMICS; ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 72149102975     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTS.2009.934940     Document Type: Article

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