Introduction to Development Engineering

Introduction to Development Engineering

A Framework with Applications from the Field

Anderson, Richard; Casaburi, Lorenzo; Lee, Kenneth; Gadgil, Ashok J.; Madon, Temina; Rezaee, Arman

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

09/2022

652

Dura

Inglês

9783030860646

15 a 20 dias

1172

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Part I: A New Discipline: Development Engineering.- Chapter 1: The Role Of Technology In Development.- Chapter 2: The Development Engineering Framework: Innovate, Evaluate, Scale.- Chapter 3: Asking the Right Questions.- Part II: Water, Sanitation and Health.- Chapter 4: Advances In Water and Health Technologies.- Chapter 5: Case Study: Electrochemical Arsenic Remediation, India (Innovation).- Chapter 6: Case Study: Information For Intermittent Water Supply, India (Evaluation).- Chapter 7: Case Study: Mobile Phone Diagnostic Microscopy, Vietnam/Cameroon (Innovation, Scale).- Part III: Governance.- Chapter 8: Technologies for Governance And Accountability.- Chapter 9: Case Study: Sensors For Aid Accountability, Rwanda (Evaluation, Scale).- Chapter 10: Case Study: High Resolution Development Indicators, Afghanistan (Evaluation, Scale).- Chapter 11: Case Study: Monitoring For Elections And Public Service Delivery, Kenya (Evaluation, Scale).- Part IV: Energy and Resources.- Chapter 12:Advances in Energy & Environmental Technologies.- Chapter 13: Case Study: Economic Impacts Of Rural Electrification, Kenya (Evaluation, Scale).- Chapter 14: Case Study: Cool Joule: Flexible Energy Loads, Nicaragua (Innovation, Evaluation).- Chapter 15: Case Study: Cookstove Monitoring and Use In East Africa (Innovation, Evaluation).- Part V: Information.- Chapter 16: Information and Communications Technology For Development.- Chapter 17: Case Study: Community Cellular Networks, Philippines (Innovation, Evaluation).- Chapter 18: Case Study: ICT Solutions To Bring Telemedicine To Rural India (Innovation).- Chapter 19: Case Study: Platforms For Development Data (ODK/Mezuri) (Innovation, Scale).- PART VI: Markets (Incorporates Agriculture).- Chapter 20: Technologies To Improve Market Performance.- Chapter 21: Case Study: Ag Market Information Platforms, India (Innovation, Evaluation, Scale).- Chapter 22: Case Study: Agricultural Trading Platforms, Uganda (Innovation, Evaluation).- Chapter 23: Case Study: Inventory And Supply Chain Tracking, Sri Lanka (Evaluation).- PART VII: Human Capital (Incorporates Labor).- Chapter 24: Increasing the Productivity of Human Capital.- Chapter 25: Case Study: Electronic Job Search Platforms, India (Evaluation, Scale).- Chapter 26: Case Study: Customized E-Learning Innovations, India (Evaluation).- Chapter 27: Case Study: TBD (Evaluation).- PART VIII: Conclusion.- Chapter 28: Promising Directions in Development Engineering.
technology for development;technology intervention;engineering innovation;social innovation;social entrepreneurship;global engineering;anti-poverty technologies;humanitarian engineering;information and communication technology for development;development studies;sustainable engineering;international development studies;Open Access