Introduction to Development Engineering : : A Framework with Applications from the Field / / edited by Temina Madon, Ashok J. Gadgil, Richard Anderson, Lorenzo Casaburi, Kenneth Lee, Arman Rezaee.
This open access textbook introduces the emerging field of Development Engineering and its constituent theories, methods, and applications. It is both a teaching text for students and a resource for researchers and practitioners engaged in the design and scaling of technologies for low-resource comm...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cham : : Springer International Publishing :, Imprint: Springer,, 2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XXI, 652 p. 139 illus., 118 illus. in color.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.