Lectures
- Lecture 1: Introduction
- Lecture 2: (Un)Sustainable
- Lecture 3: Patterns of Development
- Lecture 4: Economic, Social and Political Structures
- Lecture 5: Technology Assessment & Measuring Sustainability
- Lecture 6: Technology and Society
- Lecture 7: Sustainable Enterprises
- Lecture 8: Sustainable Design
- Lecture 9: Innovation Processes
- Lecture 10: Technology for Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development for Engineers
(WM0929)Lecture 2: (Un)Sustainable
(Un)Sustainable
This lecture is about environmental problems. Questions that will be dealt with are: When exactly do we speak about an environmental problem? When is human interference in our environment problematic? How to deal with uncertainties? |
Key-words: environmental problems, ecosystems, human health, precautionary principle.
Reading: Chapter 2 of ‘Sustainable Development for Engineers’: Why is the current world system unsustainable?
