Fundamental Aspects of Appropriate Technology Proceedings of the International Workshop on Appropriate Technology Center for Appropriate Technology Delft University of Technology September 4—7, 1979

Between 4-7 September 1979, an international workshop on Appropriate Technology (AT) was organized in Delft, Netherlands, by the Center for Appropriate Technology of the Delft University of Technology. Representatives of 24 AT organisations from allover the world held discussions on the role of AT a...

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Main Author: International Workshop on Appropriate Technology
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1980, 1980
Edition:1st ed. 1980
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I. Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Session 1: Topics in Appropriate Technology Projects
  • The Gaviotas Program
  • An Analysis of Factors Affecting the Succesful Continuity of a Solar Destillation Plant in the West Indies
  • A New Approach Towards Rural Development: Appropriate Technology and the Earthquake of 1976 in Guatemala
  • Dian Dessa
  • Urban Agriculture as an Appropriate Technology
  • Session 2: Organization of Appropriate Technology Activities
  • Concepts and Models for the Development of Appropriate Technology for Rural Areas
  • Appropriate Technology in Sri Lanka
  • A University Perspective on Appropriate Technology
  • A Company for Rural Development in India
  • Educational, Scientific & Technological Institutions in Developing Countries
  • Session 3: The Framework for Appropriate Technology. The Role of Appropriate Technology in (Rural) Development
  • Appropriate Technology: Theory, Policy and Practice
  • Technical Change, Employment and Distribution in L.D.C.’s
  • Optimizing the Appropriateness of Technologies
  • Some Tentative Thoughts on Development Assistance Projects for the Rural Poor
  • Appropriate Technology in Rural Development
  • Appropriate Technology “Fashion or Need”
  • III. List of Participants