Appropriate Technology: Technology with a Human Face
β Scribed by P. D. Dunn (auth.)
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 227
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
An Introduction to Appropriate Technology....Pages 1-17
The State of the WorldβThe Views of Economists and the Predictions of Futurologists....Pages 18-39
Intermediate Technology and Appropriate Technology....Pages 40-54
Food, Agriculture and Agricultural Engineering....Pages 55-84
Water and Health....Pages 85-110
Energy....Pages 111-132
ServicesβMedicine, Building, Transport....Pages 133-145
Small Industries in Rural Areas....Pages 146-157
Education, Training, Research and Development....Pages 158-173
Getting Started....Pages 174-177
Back Matter....Pages 179-220
β¦ Subjects
Engineering, general; Sustainable Development; Philosophy of Technology
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