Technologies for Development: From Innovation to Social Impact

• Main Author: Silvia Hostettler (auth)
• Other Authors: Jean-Claude Bolay (auth), Samira Najih Besson (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2018
• Subjects: Environmental science, engineering & technology; Development Engineering; Innovation for Humanitarian Action; Technologies for Development; Developing Countries; Emerging Countries; Tech4Dev
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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 technol...