Socially Responsible Engineering : Justice in Risk Management

All engineering projects impact people for good and ill.

Modern civilization requires water and wastewater treatment, and these facilities must of necessity be sited reasonably close to where the majority of these people live.

The question of where an engineer sites these plants, and why, is at the core of this new book from Drs.

Vallero and Vesilind. This is the first book of its kind to focus on the environmental aspect of engineering ethics.

Approaching the subject from the engineers point of view, this book provides not only the historic and philosophical foundation of environmental justice, but also the technical tools necessary to evaluate projects from an ethical perspective and to properly assess the risk to communities inherent in engineering projects.