Technologies for development : what is essential? /: what is essential?. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Silvia Hostettler, Eileen Hazboun, Jean-Claude Bolay, editors.
• Editors: Hostettler, Silvia; Hazboun, Eileen; Bolay, Jean-Claude, 1954-
• Contents: Technologies for Development: What Really Matters? -- Commercial Channels for Sustainable Technology Deployment in Developing Countries -- A Pilot of 3D Printing of Medical Devices in Haiti -- Innovating for the Bottom of the Pyramid: Case Studies in Healthcare from India -- Solar Water Heating System Co-Design and Do-It-Yourself Approach for Appropriate Technology Diffusion: The MédinaCase Study (Dakar, Senegal) -- Medical Devices and Information Communication Technologies for the Base of the Pyramid -- Designing Suitable Assistive Technology for the Population with Motor Disabilities in Colombia -- Tools to Measure the Development Impact of Innovations -- Comparing Cookstove Usage Measured with Sensors versus Cell Phone-Based Surveys in Darfur, Sudan.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 221 pages), color illustrations
• Subjects: 338/.064; Energy; Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries; Economic development -- Developing countries; Development economics; Sustainable development; Biomaterials; Medical records -- Data processing; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General; Economic development; Technological innovations -- Economic aspects; Technology & Engineering -- Power Resources -- General; Business & Economics -- Development -- General; Science -- Environmental Science; Technology & Engineering -- Material Science; Medical -- General; Energy technology & engineering; Development economics & emerging economies; Sustainability; Materials science; Medical equipment & techniques; Business & Economics -- Industries -- Energy Industries; Energy; Energy Policy, Economics and Management; Energy Technology; Development Economics; Sustainable Development; Biomaterials; Health Informatics; Developing countries; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319162478; 3319162470; 3319162462; 9783319162461
• Related ISBNs: 9783319162461
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 13, 2015).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.