Technologies for Sustainable Development: A Way to Reduce Poverty?

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Technologies and Partnerships....Pages 3-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation Policies and Instruments for a Paradigm Shift Towards Sustainable Development....Pages 13-19
New Vernacular Architecture as Appropriate Strategy for Housing the Poor....Pages 21-32
Computerization of Medical Consultation for Children Under Five Years of Age in Rural Areas of Burkina Faso....Pages 33-42
Field Investigations in Cameroon Towards a More Appropriate Design of a Renewable Energy Pico Hydro System for Rural Electrification....Pages 43-56
Ensuring Appropriateness of Biogas Sanitation Systems for Prisons: Analysis from Rwanda, Nepal and the Philippines....Pages 57-72
Technologies for Smallholder Irrigation Appropriate for Whom: Promoters or Beneficiaries?....Pages 73-84
Toward a New Approach for Hydrological Modeling: A Tool for Sustainable Development in a Savanna Agro-System....Pages 85-98
Rural Cold Storage as a Post-Harvest Technology System for Marginalized Agro-Based Communities in Developing Countries....Pages 99-112
Iron-Catalyzed Low Cost Solar Activated Process for Drinking Water Disinfection in Colombian Rural Areas....Pages 113-128
Appropriate Technology for Household Energy Access: The Case of the Centrafricain Stove in the Logone Valley (Chad, Cameroon)....Pages 129-140
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Towards Sustainable Integrated Development? Partnerships and Systems....Pages 143-146
Innovation in Multi-Actor Partnerships: A Waste Management Initiative in Vietnam....Pages 147-158
Instrumental Participation in Serbia: Online Platform for the Dialogue about Public Spaces, Their Availability and Public Usage....Pages 159-170
Towards Sustainable Urban Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction in Gaza: The Role of Partnership and Appropriate Technology....Pages 171-183
 Integrated Design Charrettes for Sustainable Development in India’s Soaring Building Sector....Pages 185-195
Effect of Participation in ICT-Based Market Information Services on Transaction Costs and Household Income Among Smallholder Farmers in Malawi....Pages 197-207
Participatory Processes in Urban Planning Projects in China: The Example of Caoyang Village, Shanghai....Pages 209-223
On Fast Transition Between Shelters and Housing After Natural Disasters in Developing Regions....Pages 225-235
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Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development....Pages 239-244
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Appropriate Technology to Reduce Risks and Protect Assets: An Example from Development Cooperation in Bangladesh....Pages 245-261
Academic Cooperation to Foster Research and Advocacy Competences in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (West Bank)....Pages 263-274
Fog Collection Technology Transfer and Co-Creation Projects in Falda Verde, Chile and Tojquia, Guatemala....Pages 275-286
Role of Village Resource Centers in Technology Diffusion and Development....Pages 287-297
Back Matter....Pages 299-303