... partners. It should be read alongside previous specific papers from the Thames Tideway Tunnel project on health, safety and wellbeing legacy and on measuring wider social impact, and the specific paper in this issue on delivering world-class public realm. The 17 UN SDGs represent an urgent call...

... 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2024 circular economy infrastructure planning social impact UN SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities Social legacy can be an important lens through which the infrastructure sector can view their work and understand its...

... of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. climate change social impact sustainability Climate change is the long-term shift in average and acute extreme changes in weather...

... improving the access of information by the public. infrastructure planning public policy social impact Infrastructure impacts directly on people’s lives. It provides citizens with essential services and facilities, connects markets and regions, reduces production and transaction costs and can...

..., and a series of interviews with industry experts who have significant experience in public engagement for infrastructure projects. public policy planning & scheduling social impact 10 09 2016 16 02 2016 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2016 In response to the 2008 global...

... communities, and has enhanced the training and management skills of the volunteers from the UK. (ian.flower@live.co.uk) 20 10 2015 14 01 2016 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2016 developing countries education & training social impact Engineers for Overseas...

... project management social impact Humanitarian relief is the responsibility of national governments, and most relief is coordinated and delivered by local people and organisations. Frequently, however, the scale of emergencies overwhelms local institutions and resources and international funding...

... television programmes. They conclude that if the profession is to attract highly qualified students, despite hard economic times, it needs to continue its involvement with schools and highlight attractive features. education & training marketing & public relations social impact...

... drinking water. During the crisis, 40 million bottles of drinking water were distributed and 1400 bowsers deployed. Around 200 000 l of drinking water had to be delivered to thousands of vulnerable people in their homes. disaster engineering floods & floodworks social impact In recent...

...;: % Career in mind before the placement 85 84 45 59 Placement related to career interest at the time 100 74 30 51 education & training marketing & public relations social impact Although not often chosen by girls, engineering is a popular career...

... into two phases, in agreement with the regulator, to ensure that the community has developed the required skills to a satisfactory level which allows them to carry out their own water infrastructure upgrades (Third et al., 2008). The two phases are as follows. developing countries social...

.... The participatory planning, design and construction approaches are described as well as several innovations in earthquake-resistant design for canals, weirs and other irrigation structures. 2009 © The authors and the Institution of Civil Engineers 2009 disaster engineering drainage & irrigation social...

... impacts of the bridge, provides an overview of performance monitoring and reports on problems identified and solutions implemented by the project team from 2003 to 2008. 2009 © The authors and the Institution of Civil Engineers 2009 maintenance & inspection social impact thermal effects...

... if they are to survive. The paper is based on the author's ICE Brunel international lecture, which was presented in 16 countries during 2007. © 2008 Thomas Telford Ltd 2008 energy infrastructure planning social impact It is now almost universally accepted that global climate change is a reality, that its...

.... © 2008 Thomas Telford Ltd 2008 education & training marketing & public relations social impact In May 2003 the authors published a paper in Civil Engineering describing the ‘invisibility’ of the civil engineering profession, its relatively poor image in schools and how...

... Thomas Telford Ltd 2007 environment infrastructure planning social impact Thomas Tredgold's 1827 definition of civil engineering as ‘the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man’ was, in the late twentieth century, thought of in some quarters...

... the case with projects such as roads and railways, which extend over extensive geographical areas and periods of time and thus have more extensive influences on natural and human societies. developing countries infrastructure planning social impact The consortium charged with constructing...

... in the paper along with comments from civil engineers and other construction professionals. © 2006 Thomas Telford Ltd 2006 education & training management social impact In his inaugural speech at the first meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), on 2 January 1818, Henry Robinson...

... Ltd 2005 education & training management social impact In the May 2003 issue of Civil Engineering the authors described civil engineering's low status image in schools and suggested changes to make it more appealing as a career. 1 This paper focuses on a question that has...

..., and reveals the limited effectiveness of modern technology to meet this vital human need. © 2005 Thomas Telford Ltd 2005 military engineering municipal & public service engineering social impact In the late 1980s it became apparent the many landmines and items of unexploded ordnance spread...