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Appropriate technology involves using simple and affordable methods to handle specific issues based on a specific environment, with an aim to improve effectiveness, sustainability, and inclusion. It is designed to meet the needs of people in developing regions who lack access to modernized infrastructure and technology. The concept is rooted in the idea of resolving problems by utilizing locally available resources, while keeping simplicity, sustainability, and user-friendliness in mind.
The right technology is determined by its level of complexity, financial cost, scale, social characteristics, effective functionality, easy maintenance, lack of damage to the environment, and its should be suitable with the environment, that it is being used in. It notifies that a system, infrastructure, or method should be developed based on the immediate ecological, economic, socio-cultural, and political realities of the place it is going to be used.
The principles and concepts of appropriate technology emphasize taking a holistic approach to problem-solving, rather than a one-size-fits-all paradigm. This entails understanding the in and out of the possible solution, its repercussions in real-world and circumstances, and being cautious that the implementation solves the problem without creating new ones.
Technology should be scaled, sustainable, user-friendly, eco-friendly, and responsible to meet the needs of the people and the local environment in which is introduced. What is suitable for a locality in one part of the world might not be viable in another region due to changes in resources, cultures are different, and socioeconomic conditions, etc. Appropriate technology is built on the philosophy of being responsible, effective, and adaptable, that can be used with all given circumstances, it aims to end the problem while not invoking new ones.
11月16日2012年
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