Technologies and innovations for development : scientific cooperation for a sustainable future
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Technologies and innovations for development : scientific cooperation for a sustainable future
Springer, c2012
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
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  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
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  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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"UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ; Uni Twin, UNESCO Chair in technologies for development ; EPFL, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne"
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 Federale 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.
Table of Contents
1.Introduction.- 2.Risk Assessment.- 3.Hierarchical Model in Decision-Making.- 4.An Integrated Fuzzy Approach for Aggregative Supplier Risk Assessment.- 5.Fuzzy-AHP Approach for Analysing Risk Rating of Environmentally Friendly Product Designs.- 6.Fuzzy Extent Analysis for Food Risk Assessment.- 7.A Hierarchical Fuzzy TOPSIS Approach for the Risk Assessment of Green Supply Chain Implementation.- 8.Fuzzy-ANP Approach for Environmental Risk Assessment of Product Designs.- 9.Conclusions and Future Research Directions.- Appendix A.Introduction to Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA)- Appendix B. Pairwise Comparisons of the Example in Chapter 3.
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