What are Civil and Environmental Engineering all about?
Civil engineering is arguably the most fundamental of the engineering disciplines. It encompasses an understanding of the forces that exist in nature and how to solve problems relating to how we live with them. This could mean designing bridges, water purification, tunnelling, controlling coastal erosion etc. Not only do engineers know how to deal with these technical issues but they also increasingly need to understand the financial, sociological and political framework in which decision about these sort of projects are made.
Engineering encompasses an understanding of the forces that exist in nature and how to solve problems relating to how we work with them. This could mean designing bridges, water purification, tunnelling, controlling coastal erosion etc. Not only do engineers know how to deal with these technical issues but they also increasingly need to understand the financial, sociological and political framework in which decision about these sort of projects are made. Civil engineers design the infrastructure of land, sea and air in which we live, including roads, buildings, bridges, coastal protection, transportation facilities, etc.. Environmental engineers use concepts of maths and science to address complex local and global environmental problems, such as air pollution, management of municipal and industrial wastewater and solid wastes, remediation of contaminated land and water, provision of drinking water, etc. At UCL environmental engineering has been going on for over 100 years – some of the
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