cam a22 4 4500 53010816X CHVBK 20181121222417.0 180621s2018 sz a ob||| 000 0 eng|d 978-3-319-91067-3 (print) 978-3-319-91068-0 (electronic bk.) 3-319-91068-X (electronic bk.) 3-319-91067-1 (OCoLC)1056765579 (NEBIS)011285453 GW5XE fre SzZuIDS NEBIS EPF-BIB rda RNU bicssc SCI026000 bisacsh 338.9/27 23 Technologies for development from innovation to social impact Silvia Hostettler, Samira Najih Besson, Jean-Claude Bolay, editors Cham, Switzerland Springer 2018 225 pages illustrations 24 cm texte txt rdacontent/fre sans médiation n rdamedia/fre volume nc rdacarrier/fre Includes bibliographical references Part I: Introduction -- Part II: Humanitarian Technologies -- Part III: Medical Technologies -- Part IV: Renewable Energies -- Part V: Sustainable Habitat -- Part VI: Disaster Risk Reduction 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 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. The authors discuss how innovative technologies, such as unmanned aerial vehicles for disaster risk reduction, crowdsourcing humanitarian data, online education and ICT-based medical technologies can have significant social impact. The book brings together the best papers of the 2016 International Conference on Technologies for Development at EPFL, Switzerland. The book explores how the gap between innovation in the global South and actual social impact can be bridged. It fosters exchange between engineers, other scientists, practitioners and policy makers active at the interface of innovation and technology and human, social, and economic development Sustainable development Sustainable development fast Hostettler Silvia éditeur intellectuel edt Najih Besson Samira éditeur intellectuel edt Bolay Jean-Claude 1954- (DE-588)1089404158 éditeur intellectuel edt E02180 E02-20181025 NEBIS 700 1- Hostettler Silvia éditeur intellectuel edt NEBIS 700 1- Najih Besson Samira éditeur intellectuel edt NEBIS 700 1- Bolay Jean-Claude 1954- (DE-588)1089404158 éditeur intellectuel edt SWISSBIB 524858837 BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 NEBIS E02 E02 E02HA 341.232 HOS NEBIS E02 E02 E02HA 341.232 HOS