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Towards Global Action for Appropriate Technology evaluates the feasibility of establishing and implementing an international mechanism for the promotion of appropriate technology. A strategy of reorienting research and development towards the rural and small-scale urban sectors is proposed, with emp...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Bhalla, A. S.
Published: Pergamon Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford ; New York :
Publication Dates: 1979.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Series: Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies
Subjects:
Appropriate technology > Developing countries.
Technologie > Pays en voie de de veloppement.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > History.
Appropriate technology.
Developing countries.
Appropriate technology > International organisations Conference proceedings
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080242774
Summary: Towards Global Action for Appropriate Technology evaluates the feasibility of establishing and implementing an international mechanism for the promotion of appropriate technology. A strategy of reorienting research and development towards the rural and small-scale urban sectors is proposed, with emphasis on ultimately building national technological capacity in developing countries. This book is comprised of six chapters and begins with an overview of concepts, definitions, and strategies, followed by a discussion on some relatively unfamiliar criteria that should be taken into account in guid.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xviii, 220 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781483139975
1483139972
Index Number: T49
CLC: F415
Contents: Front Cover; Towards Global Action for Appropriate Technology; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; PART I: CONCEPTS, CRITERIA, STRATEGIES; CHAPTER 1. APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY: SOME CRITERIA; Introduction; Some Criteria of Appropriateness; Conclusion; CHAPTER 2. TECHNOLOGIES APPROPRIATE FOR A BASIC NEEDS STRATEGY; Introduction; A Basic Needs Approach and Strategy; Technological Contents of a ""BN"" Strategy; Technologies Appropriate for Basic Needs Satisfaction; A Suitable Policy Frame; Concluding Remarks; PART II: EXISTING INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK.
CHAPTER 3. NATIONAL AND REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY GROUPS AND INSTITUTIONS: AN ASSESSMENTIntroduction; Appropriate Technology Groups and Institutions; Towards a Framework of Analysis; Criteria for Assessment of Groups and Institutions; Assessment of Groups and Institutions; Conclusions; Appendix: Questionnaire; CHAPTER 4. ACTIVITIES OF THE UN SYSTEM ON APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY; Introduction; Some Existing Coordinating Mechanisms; Review of Ongoing UN Activities; Better Coordination within the System; Concluding Remarks; CHAPTER 5. INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS FOR APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY; Introduction.
Some Proposals for International MechanismsFunctions of International Mechanisms; Proposed and Existing Mechanisms: Comparative Analysis; Concluding Remarks; PART III: GLOBAL ACTION; CHAPTER 6. A BLUEPRINT FOR ACTION; Introduction; Need for Global Action; A New International Mechanism for Appropriate Technology; Conclusion.

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