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Technological change, development and the environment: socio economic perspective

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London; Routledge; 1988Description: 351pISBN:
  • 9.78042E+12
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.483 Tec
Summary: The transfer of technology from devel oped to less developed countries can be shown to have stimulated quite rapid change. Evaluating the long term benefits of this technology transfer, both for the recipients and for the suppliers is more problematic. This book considers some of the major social, economic and environmental questions raised by the role of new technology in development both in less developed and developed countries. It looks at, for example, the relationship between underdevelopment and population growth in India and discusses how technological change might alter the picture. Throughout the discussion of issues like the sustain ability of the development effected by new technology is supported by detailed case studies.
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The transfer of technology from devel oped to less developed countries can be shown to have stimulated quite rapid change. Evaluating the long term benefits of this technology transfer, both for the recipients and for the suppliers is more problematic. This book considers some of the major social, economic and environmental questions raised by the role of new technology in development both in less developed and developed countries. It looks at, for example, the relationship between underdevelopment and population growth in India and discusses how technological change might alter the picture. Throughout the discussion of issues like the sustain ability of the development effected by new technology is supported by detailed case studies.

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