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MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development

global challenges, engineering solutions
 
Read more at: Arun Sharma

Arun Sharma

Identifying Factors Affecting the Success of Rural Water Supply Programmes


Read more at: Winston Tan

Winston Tan

Footprinting: A Decision-Making Tool for UK Water Industry?


Read more at: Peter Storm

Peter Storm

Present and Future Water Policy in California


Read more at: Quan Lau

Quan Lau

Climate Change Resilience in Slum Communities


Read more at: Robert Hume

Robert Hume

Water Resource Management in Flood-Prone Urban Areas


Read more at: Ceridwen Salisbury

Ceridwen Salisbury

A Real Options Approach to Balancing Blue-Green and Grey Urban Drainage Solutions


Read more at: Daniel Clayton

Daniel Clayton

Water and the Circular Economy


Read more at: Aimen Sattar

Aimen Sattar

The influence of water, land, energy and soil-nutrient resource interactions on the food system in Egypt


Read more at: Carlos Younes

Carlos Younes

Sustainability in a Temporary Situation: A Case Study of Water Service Delivery to Syrian Refugees in Akkar, North Lebanon.


Read more at: Samantha Passmore

Samantha Passmore

Pathways to a Business Model for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Education Services: A Case Study in Honduras.


Course Overview

Context

The need to engage in better problem definition through careful dialogue with all stakeholder groups and a proper recognition of context.

Perspectives

An ability to work with specialists from other disciplines and professional groups acknowledging that technical innovation and business skills also must be understood, nurtured and combined as precursors to the successful implementation of sustainable solutions.

Change

An understanding of mechanisms for managing change in organisations so future engineers are equipped to play a leadership role.

Tools

An awareness of a range of assessment frameworks, sustainability metrics and methodologies such as Life Cycle Analysis, Systems Dynamics, Multi-Criteria Decision making and Impact Assessment.