Engineering Systems Division: Recent submissions
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The Earth as an Engineering System: Addressing Sustainability through Science, Technology and Policy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2012-03)We combine insights from the two emerging fields of engineering systems and sustainability science to develop an analytical approach for understanding and managing coupled natural and human systems. The Earth system is ... -
The Historical Roots of the Field of Engineering Systems: Results from an In-class Assignment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2012-03)The field of Engineering Systems (ES) is quite young but there are intellectual roots that go far back in time. At least that is the working hypothesis in an integrative capstone assignment given in the first doctoral ... -
Uncertainty, Flexibility, Valuation & Design: How 21st Century Information & Knowledge Can Improve 21st Century Urban Development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2012-01)The 21st century presents humankind with perhaps its greatest challenge since our species almost went extinct some 70,000 years ago in Africa. A big part of meeting that challenge lies in how the urbanization of three ...
