Abstract
In this paper, we argue that an inclusive and effective community resilience approach requires empathy as a missing component in the current engineering education and practice. An inclusive and effective community resilience approach needs to be human-centric, individual- and communal-sensitive, justice-oriented, and values-based consistent. In this paper, we argue that three kinds of empathy, namely cognitive, affective, and conative, play a central role in creating and sustaining an inclusive and effective approach to community resilience. Finally, we discuss empathetic education through learning theories and analytics skills to cultivate empathy in engineering education. Cultivating empathy in engineering education could help advance the impact and contribution of engineering to well-being.
Highlights
The number of recorded natural hazards in 2000 through 2018 was almost twice what it was in 1980 through 2000
Comparing the nurse-patient relationship and engineer-stakeholders’ relationship, we propose that clinical courses which require engineering students to actively contribute in helping stakeholders in some local and international hazards will effectively help in cultivating empathy in engineering education
This paper introduced empathy as an essential tool for engineers to enhance the resilience design of the communities
Summary
The number of recorded natural hazards (e.g., mass movements, volcanoes, landslides, earthquakes, floods, or extreme temperatures) in 2000 through 2018 was almost twice what it was in 1980 through 2000 During this period (i.e., 2000–2018), more than one million people lost their lives, and more than one billion people were severely affected by natural hazards [1], The adverse impacts of natural hazards are not limited to the loss of lives, injuries, and destruction of built environments. Recent studies have shown that households in an affected community, especially vulnerable populations, are disproportionately impacted by disasters and experience more suffering due to destructive events [7,8] These populations are highly exposed to the impact of hazards and have lower resources to respond to the adverse impact of disasters [9,10].
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