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Title Technologies for development : from innovation to social impact / Silvia Hostettler, Samira Najih Besson, Jean-Claude Bolay, editors.

Publication Info. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2018.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Internet  WORLD WIDE WEB E-BOOK Springer    Downloadable
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Internet  WORLD WIDE WEB E-BOOK Springer    Downloadable
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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 225 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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Access Open access. GW5XE
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 21, 2018).
Contents Part I: Introduction -- Part II: Humanitarian Technologies -- Part III: Medical Technologies -- Part IV: Renewable Energies -- Part V: Sustainable Habitat -- Part VI: Disaster Risk Reduction.
Summary This open access book presents 18 case studies that explore current scientific and technological efforts to address global development issues, such as poverty, from a holistic and interdisciplinary point of view, putting actual impacts at the centre of its analysis. It illustrates the use of technologies for development in various fields of research, such as humanitarian action, medical and information and communication technology, disaster risk-reduction technologies, habitat and sustainable access to energy. The authors discuss how innovative technologies, such as unmanned aerial vehicles for disaster risk reduction, crowdsourcing humanitarian data, online education and ICT-based medical technologies can have significant social impact. The book brings together the best papers of the 2016 International Conference on Technologies for Development at EPFL, Switzerland. The book explores how the gap between innovation in the global South and actual social impact can be bridged. It fosters exchange between engineers, other scientists, practitioners and policy makers active at the interface of innovation and technology and human, social, and economic development.
Local Note SpringerLink Springer Nature Open Access eBooks
Subject Sustainable development.
Environmental science, engineering & technology.
Sustainable development. (OCoLC)fst01139731
Added Author Hostettler, Silvia, editor.
Najih Besson, Samira, editor.
Bolay, Jean-Claude, 1954- editor.
Other Form: Print version: Technologies for development. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2018 3319910671 9783319910673 (OCoLC)1030905783
ISBN 9783319910680 (electronic book)
331991068X (electronic book)
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