Abstract
Characterising sustainability as a “super-wicked” problem alerts us to issues beyond where current thinking about problem structuring and architecting enable engineers to deal with the merely wicked. Time is running out, no-one authority is in control, we are the cause of the problem anyway, and we inherently discount the future in our every day decision-making. When added to the usual definitions of wicked and messy problems, which only now are we addressing in engineering education, what are the potential limits and opportunities for the methodology of engineering in sustainability? Some modest extrapolations are discussed, based on the results from a number of recent research projects in sustainability.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Sustainable Development on Building and Environment (SuDBE) |
| Publisher | SuDBE |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780993120701 |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2015 |
| Event | 7th International Conference on Sustainable Development in Building and Environment (SuDBE 2015) - Reading, UK, United Kingdom Duration: 27 Jul 2015 → 29 Jul 2015 |
Conference
| Conference | 7th International Conference on Sustainable Development in Building and Environment (SuDBE 2015) |
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| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Reading, UK |
| Period | 27/07/15 → 29/07/15 |
Keywords
- super-wicked problems
- messy problems
- problem structuring methods (PSMs)
- engineering education
- sustainability