Technologies for Sustainable Development A Way to Reduce Poverty? /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bolay, Jean-Claude (Editor), Hostettler, Silvia (Editor), Hazboun, Eileen (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Environment.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Sustainable development.; Development economics.; Sustainable Development.; Development Economics.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

Whilst scientific research can be crucial in guiding innovation and development throughout the world, it can be too detached from real world applications, particularly in developing and emerging countries. Technologies for Sustainable Development brings together the best 20 papers from the 2012 Conf...

Table of Contents:

• PART I. Introduction
• PART II. What is Appropriate Technology?
• PART III. How to Ensure an Integrated Sustainable Development?
• PART IV. Technology Transfer or Co-Creation? Knowledge Sharing and Empowerment.