Description: Technologies for Development : What Is Essential?, Hardcover by Hostettler, Silvia (EDT); Hazboun, Eileen (EDT); Bolay, Jean-Claude (EDT), ISBN 3319162462, ISBN-13 9783319162461, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
Th presents case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America addressing global development issues in the fields of health, energy, ICT and urbanism in an interdisciplinary way. Th illustrates key issues at the interface of technology, human, social, and economic development. Bringing together the best papers of the 2014 EPFL-UNESCO Conference on Technologies for Development, this book explores innovative technologies in the global South. It will be a valuable reference for researchers from engineering, natural sciences, information management, quantitative social sciences, and business faculties, as well as for development practitioners and policy makers.
It shows the development potential of technologies, and discusses successful processes to develop and deploy them, as well how to evaluate their impact. The introduction to th begins with a reflection on key issues regarding technologies for development. The following four sections focus on; (i) Innovative Technologies for Development, (ii) Open Source-Open Access-Open Innovation, (iii) Medical Technologies for the Global South, and (iv) Impact Assessment of Technologies for Development. Individual chapters explore issues such as a need for solid standards for newly developed technologies, how to successfully up-scale technology to a larger region, and how to involve private industry in the development of a technology.
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Book Title: Technologies for Development : What Is Essential?
Number of Pages: Xviii, 221 Pages
Publication Name: Technologies for Development : What Is Essential?
Language: English
Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
Subject: Developing & Emerging Countries, Power Resources / Electrical, Development / Economic Development, Power Resources / General, Industries / Energy, Industrial Technology
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 171.2 Oz
Author: Eileen Hazboun
Item Length: 9.3 in
Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Business & Economics
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
