Field guide to appropriate technology

This book is an all-in-one "hands-on guide" for nontechnical and technical people working in less developed communities. It has been developed and designed with a prestigious team of authors, each of whom has worked extensively in developing societies throughout the world. This field guide includes: Step-by-step instructions and illustrations showing how to build and maintain a vast array of appropriate technology systems and devices Unique coverage on healthcare, basic business and project management, principles of design, promotion, scheduling, training, microlending, and more Teachers, doctors, construction workers, forest and agricultural specialists, scientists and healthcare workers, and religious and government representatives will find this book a first source for advice. * Step-by-step instructions and illustrations showing how to build and maintain a vast array of appropriate technology systems and devices * Unique coverage on healthcare, basic business and project management, principles of design, promotion, scheduling, training, microlending, and more * Teachers, doctors, construction workers, forest and agricultural specialists, scientists and healthcare workers, and religious and government representatives will find this book a first source for advice

Preface -- Introduction -- Culture and Transfer of Technology -- Design Philosophies for Appropriate Technology -- Being a Volunteer Overseas -- 1. Planning and Implementation -- Overview -- Development Project Management -- The New Participation -- Prelude to Participatory Management -- Social Assessment and Stakeholder Participation -- The Human Side of Change -- Gender and Technology in the Field -- Managing a Small Business -- Operations -- Purchasing Policy and Procedures -- Marketing -- Financial Viability and Cash Flow Statement -- Costing -- Discounted Cash Flow -- Microfinance -- Planning -- Project Selection -- Project Evaluation -- How to Evaluate -- Management of Projects -- Design and Construction Oversight -- Responsibility for Getting Job Done -- Emergency Response Program -- Disaster Relief -- Exit Strategy -- Training -- Thinking and Learning Together -- Grant Writing -- Fund Raising: Social Service Agency in Bolivia -- A Summer Internship in Guatemala -- 2. Energy -- Energy Planning -- Basics of Electricity -- Hydropower -- WindPower -- Photovoltaics -- Cook Stoves -- Solar Cookers -- Solar Heating (Needs Editing) -- Evaporative Cooler -- Charcoal Production -- F…