Human Dimensions of Civil Engineering: Context and Decision-Making for a Sustainable Future

Civil engineers need to understand the larger social, cultural, economic, historical, and political environment context to be effective in their profession and to deliver sustainability. With case studies, takeaway messages, and questions for further thought, this outlines these factors, with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Kathryn Terzano is Lecturer in Sustainable Design at the University of Bristol, UK.