“A peaceful revolution“: Community planning and water system assessment in San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala

Author

Cronk, Ryan D. ; Faircloth, Tallie C. ; Newton, Whitney M.

fYear

2009

fDate

24-24 April 2009

Firstpage

137

Lastpage

142

Abstract

Students in the engineering in context program at the University of Virginia have formed a partnership in international development with the San Lucas mission in San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala. The Mission tasked the team to assist with the planning of a new community, La Puerta. Through a systems engineering framework and application of participatory design principles, the engineering team developed a project requirements analysis, performed site assessment work, created a geographical information system topographical model of La Puerta, and made recommendations for the location and size of a water distribution system.

Keywords

geographic information systems; systems analysis; systems engineering; town and country planning; water supply; La Puerta; San Lucas mission; community planning; geographical information system topographical model; peaceful revolution; project requirements analysis; site assessment work; systems engineering; water distribution system; water system assessment; Appropriate technology; Biomedical engineering; Cultural differences; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Global Positioning System; Information analysis; Lakes; Systems engineering and theory; Water storage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, 2009. SIEDS '09.

Conference_Location

Charlottesville, VA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4531-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4532-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIEDS.2009.5166168

Filename

5166168