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Technologies for Development

From Innovation to Social Impact
BuchGebunden
225 Seiten
Englisch
Springererschienen am16.06.20181st ed. 2018
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.mehr
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BuchKartoniert, Paperback
EUR160,49
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Produkt

KlappentextIt 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.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-3-319-91067-3
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2018
Erscheinungsdatum16.06.2018
Auflage1st ed. 2018
Seiten225 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht534 g
IllustrationenXXIII, 225 p. 40 illus., 37 illus. in color.
Artikel-Nr.44716252

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I: Introduction.- Part II: Humanitarian Technologies.- Part III: Medical Technologies.- Part IV: Renewable Energies.- Part V: Sustainable Habitat.- Part VI: Disaster Risk Reduction.mehr

Schlagworte

Autor

Silvia Hostettler is an environmental scientist and international development scholar with 20 years of experience in researching sustainable development challenges in the global South. Her particular interest focuses on the question how technological innovation can support poverty reduction and sustainable development. She studied at the University of Geneva, the University of Aberdeen (UK) and at EPFL, conducted research in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mexico and was based in Bangalore for four years as Executive Director of swissnex India. She also worked at IUCN - The World Conservation Union on tropical cloud forest conservation. Since September 2012 she is Deputy Director of the Cooperation and Development Center (CODEV) at EPFL where she conducts researchin the fields of disaster risk reduction and renewable energy and directs the International Conference of the UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development. She is also in charge of postgraduate education offered by CODEV and gives lectures in the field of Development Engineering. Her research interests include technologies for development, sustainable access to renewable energy, disaster risk reduction and land use change. She has written various articles and other scientific publications on these topics.
Samira Najih Besson is a Geologist Engineering and holds a Master in Sciences Geology from Lausanne University. She studied at the University of Geneva and FSTG - Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech. She has been engaged professionally with private and public sectors, UNOSAT, UNHCR and the IFRC where she conducted projects on geology, hydrogeology, GIS, information management, environmental study, natural hazard disaster management. Currently, she is project manager of the International Conference of the UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development at CODEV, EPFL.
Jean-Claude Bolay was appointed Director of Cooperation at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in 2001 and has headed what recently became the Cooperation & Development Center (CODEV) since 2005. A sociologist by training, he specialized in urban issues in Latin America, Asia and West Africa. He prepared his PhD in Political Sciences at El Colegio de Mexico, then at UC Berkeley, USA. Before joining EPFL in 1989, he worked for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) both in Switzerland and in Cameroon. He has carried out many international research projects in Vietnam and Latin American countries in particular, looking at social practices in urban societies, sustainable urban development and poverty reduction in developing countries. He was a scientific advisor and evaluator for the Swiss State Secretariat for Education and Research, the Belgian Universities´ Commission for Development and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, among other institutions. At EPFL, he has directed postgraduate courses on development in Africa and India. In parallel to his position as Director of CODEV, he was appointed Adjunct Professor in 2005 in the Laboratory of Urban Sociology of the Natural, Architectural and Built Environment School.
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