https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles daily 1.0 2022-12-17 https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/mountain-communities monthly 0.5 2021-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1579467233773-UAWZ8S34FSS5OGHZ3DC2/The+Ridge+2924.jpg Blog - Mountain Communities The Ridge: The paths to villages can often be treacherous. From a young age locals are used to the sidewalks of the sky, often carrying heavy loads of water or gas tanks for heating and cooking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1579467090270-FCG6XYCKA3NTYP7ZL3B8/mountain+farms+2899.jpg Blog - Mountain Communities Farms: Farms sprawled over the hills. Often the women from the villages will carry crops into the towns in straw baskets they wear on their backs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1579467147914-3GXOBT4GUCN21NDZFAMH/woman+3198.jpg Blog - Mountain Communities This woman is carrying wood. It is illegal to chop down trees in these regions; it is okay to harvest wood from those which fall on their own. This policy was enacted after serious erosion posed a threat to safety and farming practices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1579467017111-1XL35Z8037OK6P9MRM3X/Mountain_guy_2911.jpg Blog - Mountain Communities Mountain Man: The vast hills almost swallow anyone who wanders upon them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1579466229732-2CWNNAJWV7PH4UEOCPSF/village+1+2813.gif Blog - Mountain Communities Mountain Village: A mountain village located in Himachal Pradesh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1579466874558-Z1X3K9SNJZQWALS41Q83/Mountain+Guy+2913.jpg Blog - Mountain Communities Mountain Man: In the Himalayan foothills of northern India, this farmer kept an eye on his grazing sheep in the valley below. After six hours of hiking from the end of a remote road, my friend and I arrived at this wondrous lookout point, where mountain met sky. The paths we travelled are almost exclusively used by the locals to transport water to their villages. Depending on the year and season, the paths change. After a short friendly discussion in Hindi, the fellow said it was alright to take a picture; he returned to smoking his pipe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1579467306096-QZYYH5LONQP54MD16J2X/winch+system+3180.jpg Blog - Mountain Communities - Gravity Ropeway: Gravity Ropeway: The base of the ropeway is weighed down near the main highway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1579466646547-48X6NM9MIZDPMZT71SIS/man+on+hill+2922.jpg Blog - Mountain Communities Farmer on Hill: A mere speck along the skyline, a farmer takes the sheep for an afternoon walk. https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/water-power monthly 0.5 2021-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1579469716884-I1NE27NK6G3ZFTJKJNY0/tank_2733.JPG Blog - Water Power Water Reservoir: Tanks are normally stored on top of the structures they supply. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1583623698818-Q5DRZHQ418W29MHVN4CW/DSCN3070.JPG Blog - Water Power Himichal Pradesh, India: After monsoon rains, immense runoff will generate impromptu waterfalls throughout the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1579469634347-E4GTNY9YCUYX5WWQ0L09/well1_2486.JPG Blog - Water Power Hand Pump: This is a local water hand pump, which has stood its ground even though a nearby building project has excavated most of the soil that used to support the pump. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1579469184068-SX3CMKCPGETTBUE8MOI5/Jer1_0948.JPG Blog - Water Power https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1579469184102-V2UDUP395L0DPW1KU598/Jer2_0949.JPG Blog - Water Power https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/desert-farming monthly 0.5 2021-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1583622803714-BD7ZJQVUMA0XOWE59ME2/DSCN1007.JPG Blog - Desert Farming RNDARC: A series of controllers for the irrigation system inside one of the many greenhouses used for agricultural education. https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/sustainable-human-development-and-visual-analytics monthly 0.5 2021-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1586554506138-86WN9X9XKKXSXA900KP1/IMG_20190210_111123.jpg Blog - Sustainable Human Development and Visual Analytics The photo above shows recent housing developments adjacent to farmland in Southern Ontario. (Cohen, 2019) https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/japan monthly 0.5 2021-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590939793229-3U46THRDSABO6VLX8CAK/IMG_20180507_074258.jpg Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590937440510-HJ4S2CNEK6BRJ326S0D6/IMG_20180509_123733.jpg Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590937452562-3C2XGF3DBRW0FWU2FHYN/IMG_20180511_160220.jpg Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590937457816-55S2E36C7IHBQGTYF88G/IMG_20180514_190958.jpg Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590937466813-HHOIJM03BJOE39KU4FXP/IMG_20180518_103859.jpg Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590937528163-COGNQO9QG72DUC0C08BO/IMG_20180508_145358.jpg Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590939937782-BCI52KGTMA9LZORBJA6W/DSCN6067.JPG Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590939936868-2GF97D3KKFDNELYP89Z0/IMG_20180508_112227.jpg Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590939943495-AS6QJSCHMXL38T7Q3NCU/IMG_20180510_192452.jpg Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590939949403-0R9Y6EF4ZGUOSF2LO9RF/IMG_20180513_150213.jpg Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590939955442-EIR574XOIFE6BAYPDDUK/IMG_20180519_112149.jpg Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590940193416-985JEMMXIB6M1RXJ1Z85/DSCN6096.JPG Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590940203134-99CBEK1ONBCJXM1Q80HT/DSCN6098.JPG Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590940213035-W729JS6C2VSCSTDEP8PU/IMG_20180507_150534.jpg Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590940332404-C3IHS4T1EYXDGG8M03UU/IMG_20180509_163303.jpg Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590939075279-GN2JHM7CUH1YOFQT09BA/edo+castle+%281%29.jpg Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure This is the foundation of the main keep of Edo Castle (also called Chiyoda Castle). The castle was built in the area of Tokyo which is now part of the Tokyo Imperial Palace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590938064727-Z7I0PLCWTBPZWAQIZ0LT/IMG_20180509_152756.jpg Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590938071827-CDPUHEZ2CO1S1703FVR7/IMG_20180509_152801.jpg Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590938295534-E1JJAI6BYTEKBKYH25SU/IMG_20180509_121802.jpg Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590938450646-915WEFNXVUVG7HW2CT57/IMG_20180514_165606.jpg Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure Take a look at the steel structure on top of this building and notice the way that the feet at the bottom have a wide stance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1590940377621-7OJ623DDCPG5YB6KPCT6/IMG_20180508_112948.jpg Blog - Japan - Local Design, Global Infrastructure https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/the-future-of-energy-in-japan monthly 0.5 2021-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1595111983460-4LUJ5ZGFYQJQ1HQD5WQJ/IMG_20180517_132146.jpg Blog - The Future of Energy in Japan Photo by: N.Cohen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1595111753870-GM5XZLDAN3BO1M4B53SS/IMG_20180517_112132.jpg Blog - The Future of Energy in Japan This demon is located at the Noboribetsu train station. The demon protects the area from evil spirits. (Photo by: N.Cohen) https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/apollo-13-the-successful-failure monthly 0.5 2021-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1605377817765-9ASHM9S7CMT2NEET0F5Z/DSCN3814.JPG Blog - Apollo 13 - The Successful Failure - Imagine you are 200,000 miles away from home and you are about to run out of oxygen. What would you do? On April 11, 1970 Nasa launched John Swigert, Fred Haise, and Captain James (Jim) Lovell on Apollo 13 with the goal of landing on the moon. Approximately 56 hours into the mission, 200,000 miles from earth, the No. 2 oxygen tank aboard the spacecraft exploded. https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/the-globally-minded-engineer monthly 0.5 2021-02-11 https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/hidden-stories-of-the-himalayas monthly 0.5 2021-01-17 https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/the-future-of-water monthly 0.5 2021-03-04 https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/resilient-infrastructure monthly 0.5 2021-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1621870224618-DSA0VKIQALA5MSQ3AG7N/2_IMG_20180513_164309_Yamaguchi+prefecture_1_Left.jpg Blog - Resilient Infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1621870225306-CFC652CXBP80K3VZCQE7/2_IMG_20180513_164309_Yamaguchi+prefecture_2_Right.jpg Blog - Resilient Infrastructure https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/one-screen-and-50-shades-of-gray monthly 0.5 2021-12-02 https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/who-are-cities-for monthly 0.5 2021-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/f8237873-ad30-426e-8426-35a14989e74c/Seville_IMG_20190502_193751.jpg Blog - Who Are Cities For? - Make it stand out Overlooking the city of Seville, Spain from the top of Metropol Parasol. Photo by: N.Cohen https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/can-we-create-enough-city-homes monthly 0.5 2021-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/c51d8bb9-283b-42de-a14c-5338f7316d7c/London_bridge_IMG_20190430_090145.jpg Blog - Can We Create Enough City Homes? - Make it stand out Photo by: Nathan Cohen. In London, the Bridge of Aspiration connects the Royal Ballet Upper School to the Royal Opera House. The 23 square portals with glazed sections, supported by aluminum beams showcase an elegant design with complex simplicity. A clever solution that integrates well with the existing adjacent buildings. For more stories like this, follow @theengineeringnomad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/9a12facf-c52a-45a6-8544-9d8196fb96e6/5_DSCN5191_Habitat+67+Montreal.JPG Blog - Can We Create Enough City Homes? - Make it stand out Photo by: Nathan Cohen. Habitat 67 in Montreal, Canada is a housing complex designed by Architect Moshe Safdie. The complex consists of 354 prefabricated concrete structures. The Structural Engineer was August Eduard Komendant. The complex is a well known landmark along the St Lawrence River. The development was designed to combine high density living with the bennefits of suburban homes: cost effective use of space while having amenities like gardens, privacy, and outdoor spaces. follow @theengineeringnomad for more stories https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/net-zero-can-cities-deliver-us-from-the-climate-crisis monthly 0.5 2022-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/6b9b35df-3c97-40b4-b7af-ddb60e4a8eb3/Granada+Spain_IMG_20190504_151226.jpg Blog - Net Zero: can cities deliver? - Make it stand out Photo by: Nathan Cohen. Narrow streets and pathways tucked between old buildings in a bustling city makes Grenada a travellers paradise. The city is very European with flavours of Moorish architecture. The bright colours and overhanging plants from apartments above give life to the city. For more stories like this, follow @theengineeringnomad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/87424d2f-0079-4a7a-b38b-8cf3147da382/GreenWall_Madrid_IMG_20190506_190013.jpg Blog - Net Zero: can cities deliver? - Make it stand out Photo by: Nathan Cohen. The caixaforum in Madrid has a verticalgarden on one of its exterior walls. Vertical gardens help increase greenspace while reducing the heat island effect in cities. In order to save on weight on the wall assemblies, some vertical gardens reduce the amount of soil for the plants by using nutrient and mineral rich water to hydrate the plants. For more stories like this, follow @theengineeringnomad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1236f1ca-d8d9-423a-a48b-dd7ecc0fcdaf/Japan_green+building_DSCN6103.JPG Blog - Net Zero: can cities deliver? - Make it stand out Photo by: Nathan Cohen. The Hasegawa Green Building is located in Shibakoen, Tokyo, Japan across the street from Tokyo Tower. This living wall decorates the side of an otherwise ordinary low-rise building. Green walls have many benefits in busy cities ranging from helping control building temperature, to improving the state of mind of people walking by. It is important to consider that green walls cost more to maintain than regular building facades. For more stories follow @theengineeringnomad https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/production-gap monthly 0.5 2022-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1640889919115-1PLFLPPZC6Y472U8C00Y/unsplash-image-tq-Mpg6Oy70.jpg Blog - Production Gap - Make it stand out The review of proposed energy production outlooks showed a distinct difference in countries’ plans and projections compared to their own climate pledges and production benchmarks consistent with limiting warming to 1.5 C or 2.0 C. (Photo by Unsplash) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1640890077008-JNIA6GCGOE1XSJZKPTPN/unsplash-image-rqWWhKzVCaU.jpg Blog - Production Gap - Make it stand out “Governments still plan to produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than what would be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C, in stark contrast to increased climate ambitions and net-zero commitments.” - productiongap.org (Photo by Unsplash) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1640889982779-A17MQUWC2R5CMYYGQQZS/unsplash-image-w6X7XaolqA0.jpg Blog - Production Gap - Make it stand out Countries need to align their approaches with future production reductions. By planning for transitions companies can reduce the “Last Man Standing” approach that drives financial markets. (Photo by Unsplash) https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/msf-and-unhcr monthly 0.5 2022-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1640888667443-UIVWC0XG5TXX3K7ZJNB6/unsplash-image-l68Z6eF2peA Blog - Help Around the World - Make it stand out Photo by: Squarespace https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/build-your-own-air-purifier monthly 0.5 2022-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/db77967a-7cf8-4f71-8aa8-cea6a345a3f0/corsi_header.png Blog - Build Your Own Air Filtration Box - Make it stand out Image by: Edge Collective, edgecollective.io/airbox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/955e81d0-2e19-47b8-ac61-92f2ff51cb90/corsi_large_poster.png Blog - Build Your Own Air Filtration Box - Make it stand out Image by: Edge Collective, edgecollective.io/airbox https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/halley-vi-antarctica monthly 0.5 2022-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/d75447a7-b340-43b3-9f8f-3eb038fda0fd/Halley_VI_Antarctic_Research_Station_-_view_from_North_East_creative+commons+license.jpg Blog - Halley VI - Antarctica - Make it stand out Halley VI Antarctic Research Station - view from North East - Hugh Broughton Architects - Creative Commons License https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/imitating-nature-one-branch-at-a-time monthly 0.5 2022-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1536a823-7a5d-4330-ae72-0e5892b0dfdd/IMG_20190502_191951_edit.jpg Blog - Imitating Nature, One Branch at a Time. - Make it stand out Setas de Sevilla, Spain - Photo by Nathan Cohen, 2019 https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/articles/nature-based-infrastructure monthly 0.5 2022-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/adf27a79-a911-46b6-b357-6117b6633d0c/Sand+Dune+Comparison.png Blog - Nature Based Infrastructure - Make it stand out Excerpt from “ Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) of Nature-Based Coastal Protection in the Netherlands.”, 2021 International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/097fa346-b2ea-4a74-a865-b39895ac2dda/Sendai+Coastline+Protection_Nature+2012.PNG Blog - Nature Based Infrastructure - Make it stand out Excerpt from Nature 2012, featured in APRU Multi-Hazards Webinar Series presented by Tohoku University in March 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/078a7cbc-8c44-4f0f-aced-417cd41b07b2/2_IMG_20180513_164309_Yamaguchi+prefecture_2_Right.jpg Blog - Nature Based Infrastructure - Make it stand out Photo by Nathan Cohen, 2018 - This is an example of an engineered grey infrastructure solution in Japan. Precast concrete units create a barrier to protect the coastline from storm surges and tsunamis. https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/about daily 0.75 2021-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1586552076872-Q0NCX3D7V3IN0IVJNN6D/DSCN3024.jpg About - About the Engineering Nomad After graduating with an engineering degree, Nathan embarked on a 3 month trip around the world. His interest in sustainable development and global engineering can be seen through the lens of the following articles. The Engineering Nomad grew from the sketches and notes in his trip journal. Nathan has started writing about the everyday life and infrastructure in different parts of the world. The Engineering Nomad is a blog project with articles about sustainable development, and global engineering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e24b0618524a16d5be004c5/1583619725169-6318DCSCQOPN1GT1VOT7/DSCN2737.JPG About - “There is a proverb that says ‘a young person who travels a lot in his early years has the knowledge of someone who has lived a life of seventy years’. This is because through seeing many things and the differences between them he has the ability to get a better result in life, just as an old man who has lived for seventy years has developed that maturity. That’s one of the basic lessons of being a nomad.” — Baaba Maal (Interview with Rhythm Passport 2016) https://www.theengineeringnomad.ca/gallery daily 0.75 2022-11-27