ENGN1211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Coconut Oil, Capacity Building, Waste Management
EWB
• Strength based approach —> look at positives
• Capacity building —> build local capacity so they can build ‘the road’ themselves
Human entered design spiral
• Discover- understand context
• Empathise - imagine using designs
113 dialects
Cyclone
• Death toll was very low
◦ SMS warning system was used
◦ Preparedness and capacity building
◦ traditional building materials are light
Proud of natural environment
Coconuts —> used for coconut oil
Context
• Dry and wet season
• water supply —> storage for time of plenty to time of necessity
• Can’t have water tanks because it is impossible to collect water off a thatched roof
• sanitation and hygiene- no running water to flush the toilet
• Solar panels are used for energy- high capital cost —> free energy
• Cooking- done on wood fire stoves
◦ fire safety
◦ ventilation- one of the biggest killers word world is inhalation of smoke
• agriculture —> income
◦ farming and food production (coconuts)
◦ looking for efficiency —> want to avoid spending a large amount of money of
tools
• Shelter- most effective construction
• Transport
◦ communities might share a truck
◦ lots of opportunities for improvement
◦ need to travel between communities to receive information
◦ mainly walk
• Waste management
◦ burnt
• Conservation and environment
◦ look after environment —> tourism —> income —> can look after
environment
Income supply can be indirect: better access to water, more time to earn income
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