Engineers and Communities - Transforming Sanitation in Contemporary Brazil

Informationen zum Autor Earthea Nance is assistant professor in the Department of Planning and Urban Studies at the University of New Orleans. She is also a board-licensed civil engineer with over fifteen years of professional practice. Dr. Nance's research interests are environmental hazards, urban infrastructure, and community participation in complex settings such as developing countries, vulnerable communities, high-hazard areas, and post-disaster settings. Originally from San Francisco, Dr. Nance first came to New Orleans as a Hurricane Katrina volunteer. She subsequently joined the city's recovery office as a Ford Foundation loaned-executive to provide expertise in environmental hazard management. Dr. Nance earned an interdisciplinary PhD from Stanford University in the areas of environmental planning and management, Latin American studies, and anthropology. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in civil and environmental engineering from the University of California-Davis. She previously taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Virginia Tech. Klappentext Engineers and Communities traces the evolution of a small but important innovation in Brazil from 1980 through 2005. Through a series of grand experiments with participatory water and sanitation, coalitions of engineers, planners, public officials, and residents revealed the essential elements of how urban services can be made to be more inclusive. Zusammenfassung Engineers and Communities traces the evolution of a small but important innovation in Brazil from 1980 through 2005. Through a series of grand experiments with participatory water and sanitation! coalitions of engineers! planners! public officials! and residents revealed the essential elements of how urban services can be made to be more inclusive. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Promise and Failure of DevelopmentChapter 2: Institutional Change, Social Movements, and Technological Innovation in BrazilChapter 3: Situating Services in Two Brazilian CitiesChapter 4: Participation and Alignment in the City of NatalChapter 5: Alignment and Influence in the City of RecifeChapter 6: An Actor-Oriented Account of Condominial SewerageChapter 7: Participatory Sanitation...

Product details

• Authors: Nance, Earthea Nance, Nance Earthea
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.11.2012
• EAN: 9780739126813
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2681-3
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Brazil, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Waste Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Development Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, Sanitary and municipal engineering, Sanitary & municipal engineering