Lifecycle Engineering of Infrastructure: An Essential Approach to Engineering for a Sustainable Africa

1st International Conference on Engineering for Sustainable World

Dunmade, I.S.^1,2 ; Fayomi, O.S.I.^2,3

Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada^1

Mechanical Engineering Department, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria^2

Department of Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa^3

关键词: Life-cycle design;    Life-cycle management;    Sustainable Africa;    Sustainable engineering;    Sustainable infrastructure;    System's Lifecycle Extension;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/391/1/012010/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/391/1/012010

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Looking at African Development in comparison with other continents, it can be concluded that there are still so much to do to achieve comfortable standard of living for the majority of the inhabitants. While a lot of steps has been taken and appreciable progress has been made in many places, majority are yet to have access to stable and affordable basic necessities of life such as potable water, stable electricity and comfortable accommodation. This study examined various engineering approaches being used and those that could be used to make the enumerated basic necessities of life accessible to majority of Africans at affordable price. Our evaluation revealed appropriate lifecycle engineering as a feasible approach to achieving the desired goal. This research and its findings will assist Africans and other nations in understanding African infrastructure problems and how best to address the technical problems in a sustainable manner.