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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Hostettler, Silvia, editor.

Najih Besson, Samira, editor.

Bolay, Jean-Claude, 1954- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 225 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2018.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

3319910671

9783319910673

OCLC:

1030905783