Technology: Appropriate for What? And for Whom?

Sonst. Personen	Black, Maggie (Hrsg.)
Institution	United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY.
Titel	Technology: Appropriate for What? And for Whom?
Quelle	(1983), (37 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Developing Nations; Employment; Family Life; Females; Food; Foreign Countries; Fuels; Program Effectiveness; Recycling; Rural Areas; Rural Development; Solar Energy; Technology; Water Quality; Africa; Bangladesh; El Salvador; India; Mozambique; Nepal; Senegal; Somalia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Dienstverhältnis; Weibliches Geschlecht; Lebensmittel; Ausland; Treibstoff; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Solarenergie; Sonnenenergie; Technologie; Wasserqualität; Afrika; Bangladesch; Indien; Mosambik
Abstract	Included in this issue of UNICEF News are several brief articles focusing on the theme of appropriate technology. Topics discussed include (1) the improvement of family life through the scientific application of appropriate technology; (2) UNICEF and the household fuels crisis; (3) the workload of African women; (4) ways energy, food, health, and agricultural needs can be and have been met as a result of technological innovation; (5) difficulties in constructing a solar still in Somalia; (6) the refinement of existing waterpump technology in Bangladesh; (7) use of scrap materials as teaching aids by educators in Mozambique; (8) low cost, resource-saving technologies being used or investigated around the world; (9) attention to the needs and interests of women to improve acceptance of development programs; (10) modification of imported millet mills to improve acceptance by Senegalese; (11) the introduction of a more efficient cooking stove in Nepal; (12) the rejection of an energy-saving cookstove among "displaced persons" in El Salvador; (13) machine tools using human physical energy; (14) intermediate technology and its dissemination in developing countries; (15) developmental education in Switzerland and Japan; and (16) news about UNICEF events. (RH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC