Preventive Engineering: Strategy for Dealing with Negative Social and Environmental Implications of Technology
Publication: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 121, Issue 3
Abstract
Preventive engineering approaches make use of information on how technology affects human life, society, and the biosphere, so as to adjust engineering theory and practice to create a greater compatibility between technology and its contexts. A detailed study of undergraduate engineering education and a variety of new approaches (such as the design for the entire life cycle, energy end-use oriented strategies, the design of healthy workplaces, and sustainable city concepts) demonstrates a largely untapped potential for such preventive approaches. Developing this potential could bring competitive advantages to industry, economic benefits to society, and a better quality of human life within current constraints.
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Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 121 • Issue 3 • July 1995
Pages: 155 - 160
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Copyright © 1995 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Jul 1, 1995
Published in print: Jul 1995
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