Appropriate technology – A comprehensive approach for water and sanitation in the developing world

Heather M. Murphy, Edward A. McBean and Khosrow Farahbakhsh

Technology in Society, 2009, vol. 31, issue 2, 158-167

Abstract: Appropriate technologies (AT) are only a fraction of the solution in achieving sustainable and safe access to water and sanitation worldwide. The challenges of rapid population increases, urbanization, climate change, poverty, and widespread diseases will affect what are deemed “appropriate” solutions in addressing needs in the water and sanitation sector. Traditional engineering approaches need to be augmented with more flexible trial and error techniques, user participation, and multi-disciplinary collaborative learning in order to create innovative solutions and empower impoverished communities to achieve their own development goals.

Keywords: Appropriate Technology; Water supply; Sanitation; Developing countries; Technology transfer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2009.03.010

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