The
Technological Fix
The Technological Fix=the idea that all problems
(even social problems) have technological solutions
Pipelines
and Paradigms
This paper puts forward the idea that the practice of
sewerage engineering involves adherence to a paradigm. It
is argued that the circumstances, motivation and
reasoning that encouraged agreement when the paradigm was
formed early this century may not be appropriate today.
Furthermore the mechanisms for reappraisal of the
prevailing paradigm do not exist within the engineering
community nor within the regulatory bodies which often
employ or are advised by engineers."
Technological
"Paradigms"
"The paradigm conception of technological change
emerged in the early 1980's. This paper shows how
fruitful the analogy has been for developing the idea of
technological 'paradigms.'"
