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Technological innovation – combined with scientific research – has always constituted a driving force of transformation in our societies.  At the same time, it is no longer simply possible to transfer technologies from the North to the South; it is also essential to consider technical innovations that are adapted to the social, environmental, cultural and economic conditions of receiving countries, and which can be appropriated by their potential users and as such prove to be real technologies for fostering development.  The first International Scientific Conference on the topic organized by the UNESCO Chair Technologies for Development at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in 2010 focused on its four priority sectors: Technologies for Sustainable Development of Habitat and Cities, ICTs for the Environment, Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction, and Technologies for the Production of Sustainable Energy. This volume reflects the main outcomes of the conference and provides some significant orientation and success criteria for the effective implementation and use of innovative technologies, their aims, their particular applications in the context of developing countries, their accessibility for users, and their appropriation by producers and stakeholders in the field of development both in the North and South, thus ensuring their sustainability. This kind of scientific cooperation also highlights the added values for northern researchers in sharing their knowledge and know-how, leading to a real win-win partnership.   The authors gathered within this book include representatives from academic and research institutions and other organizations from diverse countries and offer a significant synergy of competences, approaches and disciplines.

Education. --- Education --- Business & Economics --- Social Sciences --- Economic History --- Education, Special Topics --- Economic Theory --- Sustainable development. --- Technological innovations. --- Breakthroughs, Technological --- Innovations, Industrial --- Innovations, Technological --- Technical innovations --- Technological breakthroughs --- Technological change --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Environmental aspects --- Political science. --- Urban planning. --- City planning. --- Electric power production. --- Climate change. --- Economic policy. --- Economics. --- R & D/Technology Policy. --- Sustainable Development. --- Political Science. --- Climate Change. --- Energy Technology. --- Urbanism. --- Economic development --- Creative ability in technology --- Inventions --- Domestication of technology --- Innovation relay centers --- Research, Industrial --- Technology transfer --- Climatic changes. --- Architecture. --- Energy Systems. --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Design and construction --- Energy systems. --- Cities and towns --- City planning --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Government policy --- Management --- Global environmental change

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Agglomérations d’importance moyenne, abritant une grande variété d’activités économiques et culturelles, les villes intermédiaires restent pourtant des nœuds anonymes sur la carte des flux mondialisés. Leur développement est pour cette raison largement négligé par les politiques publiques en matière d’urbanisme. Dans cet ouvrage, Koudougou (Burkina Faso), Montes Claros (Brésil), Nueve de Julio (Argentine) et Chau Doc (Vietnam) font l’objet d’une étude approfondie. Car, malgré leur anonymat, les villes intermédiaires sont au cœur des mutations du monde contemporain, tout particulièrement dans les pays du Sud, où l’étalement urbain s’accompagne d’un accroissement des disparités sociales ainsi que des fractures territoriales. Espaces de jonction entre zones rurales et réseaux urbains, les villes intermédiaires sont touchées de plein fouet par cette forme de «ségrégation» qui génère le plus souvent des situations humainement intolérables et face auxquelles le présent ouvrage invite à agir, aussi bien localement que globalement. Jean-Claude Bolay a consacré plus de trente années à suivre ces mutations sur le terrain, promouvant une planification urbaine différente, qui lutte contre la pauvreté et favorise une ville inclusive. Ainsi, c’est en parlant avant tout avec les personnes directement concernées que se forge une juste compréhension de ces villes, paradigmatiques d’une situation générale où des solutions de planification adaptées aux besoins de leurs habitants sont indispensables.

Villes moyennes --- Croissance urbaine --- Relations villes-campagnes --- Justice spatiale --- Agglomérations urbaines --- Urbanisation --- Rapport ville-campagne --- Bidonville --- Politique urbaine --- Pays en voie de développement --- Ville moyenne --- Planification urbaine --- Aspect politique --- Hémisphere sud --- City planning --- Sociology, Urban --- Cities and towns --- Rural-urban relations --- Urbanisme --- Sociologie urbaine --- Villes --- Political aspects --- Agglomérations urbaines - 2000-.... --- Croissance urbaine - 2000-.... --- Urbanisation - 2000-....

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The book presents case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America addressing global development issues in the fields of health, energy, ICT and urbanism in an interdisciplinary way. The book illustrates key issues at the interface of technology, human, social, and economic development. Bringing together the best papers of the 2014 EPFL-UNESCO Conference on Technologies for Development, this book explores innovative technologies in the global South. It will be a valuable reference for researchers from engineering, natural sciences, information management, quantitative social sciences, and business faculties, as well as for development practitioners and policy makers. It shows the development potential of technologies, and discusses successful processes to develop and deploy them, as well how to evaluate their impact. The introduction to the book begins with a reflection on key issues regarding technologies for development. The following four sections focus on; (i) Innovative Technologies for Development, (ii) Open Source-Open Access-Open Innovation, (iii) Medical Technologies for the Global South, and (iv) Impact Assessment of Technologies for Development. Individual chapters explore issues such as a need for solid standards for newly developed technologies, how to successfully up-scale technology to a larger region, and how to involve private industry in the development of a technology.

Energy. --- Energy Policy, Economics and Management. --- Energy Technology. --- Development Economics. --- Sustainable Development. --- Biomaterials. --- Health Informatics. --- Medical records --- Electric engineering. --- Sustainable development. --- Dossiers médicaux --- Développement durable --- Data processing. --- Informatique --- Medical records_xData processing. --- Business & Economics --- Industries --- Technological innovations --- Economic development --- Economic aspects --- Energy policy. --- Energy and state. --- Health informatics. --- Electric power production. --- Development economics. --- Energy Systems. --- Biocompatible materials --- Biomaterials --- Medical materials --- Medicine --- Biomedical engineering --- Materials --- Biocompatibility --- Prosthesis --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economics --- EHR systems --- EHR technology --- EHRs (Electronic health records) --- Electronic health records --- Electronic medical records --- EMR systems --- EMRs (Electronic medical records) --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Environmental aspects --- Medical care --- Energy systems. --- Bioartificial materials --- Hemocompatible materials --- Clinical informatics --- Health informatics --- Medical information science --- Information science --- Energy and state --- Power resources --- State and energy --- Industrial policy --- Energy conservation --- Data processing --- Government policy --- Biomaterials (Biomedical materials)

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Whilst scientific research can be crucial in guiding innovation and development throughout the world, it can be too detached from real world applications, particularly in developing and emerging countries. Technologies for Sustainable Development brings together the best 20 papers from the 2012 Conference of the EPFL-UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development with the aim to explore and discuss ways to link scientific research with development practices to assist practitioners and reply directly to social needs.   In order for technologies to be adopted it is not sufficient that they are low cost and affordable but also socially, culturally and environmentally accepted by the intended users. Technologies for Sustainable Development aims to explore and answer the following three questions:   • What is an appropriate technology? • How can we ensure a sustainable, integrated development? • What are the conditions for co-creation and transfer of such technologies?   Focusing on the importance of improving working relationships between stakeholders; researchers and decision-makers; between scientists and industrial sectors; between academics and the population; Technologies for Sustainable Development  opens a dialogue necessary to create and implement the best solutions adapted to social demands.

Poverty --- Economic development --- Sustainable development. --- Environmental aspects. --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Eco-development --- Ecodevelopment --- Destitution --- Environmental aspects --- Environment. --- Energy policy. --- Energy and state. --- Development economics. --- Sustainable Development. --- Development Economics. --- Energy Policy, Economics and Management. --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy