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Sustainability in Engineering Design.
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Principles of Engineering Design Sustainability in Engineering Design Name: John Chih Kang Wong Year: 3 Course: Civil Engineering Tutor: Professor Muir-Wood Sustainability in Engineering Design Introduction Sustainable development is a concept to develop a possible sustainable living for the modern society. There are several definitions to the concept of sustainable development. World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) published one of the definitions that have been used widely up to date in 1987. Gro Harlem Bruntland, the chair of WCED in 1987, defined it as: "Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". The Bruntland's definition is concise and covers the requirement to satisfy intergenerational needs. The definition is based on two concepts: * The concept of needs, comprising of the conditions for maintaining an acceptable life standard for all people, and * The concept of limits of the capacity of the environment to fulfill the needs of the present and...
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