Why Beyond Engineering?                

After going through the Necessary Background Knowledge in Topic 0, you are now all familiar with the need to integrate ecological and engineering knowledge in developing ecosystem-friendly hydraulic infrastructure. You are familiar with the H-Principles (Engineering Design Principles) and the E-Principles (Ecological Design Principles). This topic moves on to explore why it is necessary to move Beyond Engineering in Building with Nature towards the S-principles (Social Design Principles). It explores why and when it is necessary to consider the social context.

The topic consists of the following videos:

• Why Beyond Engineering? – a video by Prof. Jill Slinger
• Deltas and Ports of the Future – a video by Prof. (em) Tiedo Vellinga about stakeholder inclusion in the expansion of the Port of Rotterdam in the Rhine-Meuse Delta, and
• Do you want to make a difference?  – a video by Prof Tally Palmer.

The topic is closed with a reading on transdisciplinary learning.

Wishing you success in completing the first topic!