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MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development

global challenges, engineering solutions
 

 

Rachel Carson  Silent Spring   Penguin Classics 2000, (first published 1962)

 

 

Donella Meadows et al  The Limits to growth  Club of Rome Report, Earth Island, 1972

 

 

James Lovelock Gaia A new look at life on Earth Oxford University Press 1995 (first

published 1982)

 

 

World Commission on Environment and Development  Our Common Future Oxford University Press 1987

 

 

Donella Meadows et al, Beyond the Limits, Earthscan 1992

 

 

Paul Hawken, Amory B Lovins, L Hunter Lovins (1999) Natural Capitalism -  The Next Industrial Revolution Earthscan Publications , paperback version 2000   

 

ISBN 1 85383 763 6

 

Amaryta Sen (1999) Development as freedom Oxford University Press                

 

 

ISBN 0 19 289330 0

Von Weizsacker E, Lovins A.B., Lovins L.H. (1998) Factor Four: Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use, Earthscan Publications  Ltd

 

 

David Pearce, Edward B Barbier (2000) Blueprint for a sustainable economy Earthscan Publications Ltd , London

 

 

Meadows R., Meadows D.H., (2004) The Limits to Growth: The 30 Year Global Update Chelsea Green Publishing Company

 

 

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.