7.4.4 Engineering linkages and impacts
7.4.4
Engineering linkages and impacts
Impact
of engineering on climate change
- Transport, energy, agriculture,
infrastructure and manufacturing choices determine impacts
- Engineering and innovation key to mitigation
and adapt ion
- Engineering key to disaster preparedness
and reconstruction
Impact
of engineering on poverty
- Engineering key to providing pro-poor
energy, transport, shelter, health and water products and services
- Platform infrastructure and technologies
provide an enabling environment for growth
- Engineering supply chains and technology
transfer offer poverty reduction opportunities
Impact
of engineering on globalisation
- Engineering knowledge and innovation
especially in transport, energy manufacturing and ICT are the drivers behind
economic integration and globalisation
- Sustainability and climate change will
force a revised model of engineering and globalisation
The Global Engineer [see reference 14]
Above text sourced from eprints (Bourn, D. and Neal, L.
(2012))(Reproduced with permission)
http://eprints.ioe.ac.uk/839/