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other subjects > engineering > environmental engineering

Preferred term

environmental engineering  

Definition

  • The manipulation of the environment using engineering and science for the benefit of people and/or other organisms and, more generally, for environmental protection. It involves the design, manufacture, installation and operation of systems that sustain and/or control any aspect of the environment, including rehabilitation, enhancement, mitigation of human impacts and protection against environmental degradation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environmental Change; environmental engineering]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-C0XVWFLP-J

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