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MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development

global challenges, engineering solutions
 

Professor Richard Fenner, Charles Ainger and former Engineering for Sustainable Development MPhil student Judith Sykes have recently released the updated second edition of their book Sustainable Infrastructure: Principles into Practice with ICE Publishing.

The book is a practical handbook to help engineers deliver sustainable responses to the urgent challenges the infrastructure sector faces. It includes guidance on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the circular economy in construction, the use of nature-based solutions and flexible design for adaptation as well as explaining key tools for carbon management, infrastructure resilience, measuring biodiversity net gain and social value appraisal. Real-life case studies and practical examples are included for each delivery stage, across a range of sectors and project size. 

It is available from ICE Publishing both in print and as an eBook.

 

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.