Inclusive Outcomes of Engineering Choices
In addition to considering the ‘products’ or outputs that we produce as engineers, we must also consider the ‘outcomes’ of our choices on particular groups of people.
The following examples and links shows some of the outcomes of our engineering decisions on different groups of people, which are equally important to consider when taking engineering design decisions.
The following examples and links shows some of the outcomes of our engineering decisions on different groups of people, which are equally important to consider when taking engineering design decisions.
Poor Design on Health
Inadequate housing conditions have led to rapid localised proliferations of Covid 19 affecting densely populated and overcrowded urban areas throughout the world, disproportionately affecting low income households. Read more.
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End of Product Life
At the end of their engineered life, 90% of the world’s ships and offshore structures land up on beaches in South Asia with improper dismantling practices causing harm to local workers, communities and the environment. Read more.
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Somebody else's fumes
A report looked at the air pollution of different sections of the community in relation to their consumption, and found that Black and Hispanic populations in America inhaled on average 60% more pollution than their own activities emitted.
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Water Pollution
Water pollution from industrial plants will affect people in different ways, with the poorest in societies hit the hardest.
“Put It Near the Indians”: Indigenous Perspectives on Pulp Mill Contaminants in Their Traditional Territories. Read more. ‘Tens of thousands of people, living cheek-by-jowl with belching plants along the Mississippi River, are exposed to toxic chemicals at rates that are among the highest in the United States, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’. Read more. |
