My name is Aslam Saja, I’m a lecturer at the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka in Oluvil. But I also involved in this project on developing a mobile application for proposed solid waste collection. As you know there is a war on waste around the world and Sri Lanka has no exception we...
Sustainable development is one of the existing mechanisms for channeling development assistance throughout the developing world. However, as a process, sustainable development can be applied to different socio-economic contexts, often as a tool to revitalize democratic governance and participation. In general, sustainable development can be defined as “Development that meets the needs of the...
I just thought to write this note just after visiting the Engineers Australia Webpage. Engineers Australia has announced the year 2011 is the Year of Humanitarian Engineering – a year in which it will recognize the role of engineering in improving quality of life and disaster recovery. What does it mean to us as...
We all might wonder what does “Sphere” mean? Is there anything in Sphere to do with engineering? It says “Humanitarian Charter”. So it might not be related to engineering at all. It must be referred by the people like Lawyers or other people who deal with legal issues. It talks about the rights of...
Engineering sector has a ‘crucial’ role to play in responding to natural and man-made disasters. Leading engineering firms and institutions in UK recognized that “Engineers and engineering companies are a crucial centre of instant disaster response; there are so many examples of where skills can help.” Support from the engineering community would assist...
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The principles of an organisation are reflected in the ways it works, internally as an organisation and externally in its relationship with stakeholders such as communities, service users or beneficiaries. A principle is a belief or rule about which people agree, it is an idea or concept that people support, it is something that...