Island Technology
Pacific island countries have united internationally to contest the negative external impacts of Western technology - such as the disposal of poison gas and toxic waste, the transportation of nuclear materials and nuclear testing, as well as the overwhelming prospect of global warming and a rising sea-level. These internal effects encompass the well-identified problems caused by unsustainable fishing, forestry and mining and more unknown, the various cost/benefits of new technology in the region. The contributors' analyses and observations span a range of key issues: agriculture and forestry, aid and technology, aviation and shipping, banking, communications, development policy and planning, education and training, energy, the environment, fisheries and marine resources, food processing, gender issues, health, housing, industry, mining, project management, technology choice and transfer and sanitation and water supply.
Published: 1994
Pages: 436
eBook: 9781780445212
Paperback: 9781853392238
| Preface vii | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Contributors xii | |||
| Introduction xv | |||
| Part One Technology, Development and the South Pacific | |||
| 1.1 Technology, Development and the South Pacific 1 | |||
| Tony Marjoram | |||
| 1.2 Technology Transfer 16 | |||
| Tony Marjoram | |||
| 1.3 Technology and Economic Development 29 | |||
| Ben Higgins | |||
| 1.4 Balancing Technology, Development and Culture 39 | |||
| Stephen Hill | |||
| 1.5 Technology, Development and the Environment 49 | |||
| Suliana Siwatibau | |||
| 1.6 Fifty Years of Science and Technology in the Cook Islands 62 | |||
| Stewart Kingan and Tony Utanga | |||
| Part Two Perspectives On Technology And Development | |||
| 2.1 Appropriate Technology: An Overview 75 | |||
| Don Mansell | |||
| 2.2 If it's Not Appropriate for Women, it's Not Appropriate 82 | |||
| Ruth E. Lechte | |||
| 2.3 Technology Information and Communication: | |||
| Message and Media 93 | |||
| Tony Marjoram | |||
| 2.4 Communication Technology: In Whose Interests? 104 | |||
| Helen Molnar | |||
| 2.5 Technology and Marine Resource Development 118 | |||
| Phillip Muller and Andrew Wright | |||
| 2.6 Social and Political Constraints on Appropriate Technology | |||
| in Papua New Guinea 128 | |||
| Elizabeth Cox | |||
| 2.7 Education and Training for Technology and Development 139 | |||
| Tony Marjoram | |||
| Part Three Technology for Development | |||
| 3.1 Technology in Agriculture: An Overview 147 | |||
| R. Keith Leonard | |||
| 3.2 Agricultural Mechanisation: Tractors and Technology | |||
| Choice in Tonga 157 | |||
| Tevita H. Moengangongo | |||
| INTRODUCTION | |||
| Technology, Food and Food Processing | |||
| Susan Parkinson and Bill Aalbersberg | |||
| Affordable Housing and Development Training in Kiribati | |||
| Telecommunications: Potential and Problems for | |||
| New Technology | |||
| Jim Wilkinson | |||
| Pipes and Pits: Water Supply and Sanitation | |||
| Tony Marjoram | |||
| Inter-Island Shipping and Marine Transport | |||
| Tony Finch | |||
| Land Transport: On Wheel and Foot | |||
| Tony Marjoram | |||
| Aviation | |||
| Tony Marjoram | |||
| Mining: El Dorado or Fool's Gold? | |||
| Don Stewart | |||
| Four Technology Projects and Management | |||
| Technology Management and Development of | |||
| Small Industries | |||
| Lukis Romaso | |||
| LikLik Buk Revisited: Technology, Information and | |||
| Village Development | |||
| B. David Williams | |||
| The Development of Appropriate Technology in | |||
| Papua New Guinea | |||
| Dick Burton | |||
| Energy Supply and Management | |||
| Tony Marjoram | |||
| Technology and Development Banking | |||
| Lisiate 'A. 'Akolo | |||
| Women Can Do: Technology and Training for Women | |||
| Sue Fleming | |||
| Five Technology Policy and Planning | |||
| Technology and Development Planning | |||
| David F. Abbott | |||
| Technology and Development Aid | |||
| Rodney C. Hills | |||
| Technology Policy and Management | |||
| Stephen Hill | |||
| Technology Policy Initiatives in the South Pacific | |||
| Tony Marjoram | |||
| Technology, Development and Island Futures | |||
| Tony Marjoram | |||
| Notes and References | |||
| Bibliography | |||
| Index of Names | |||
| Index of Subjects |
Tony Marjoram
Tony Marjoram is the programme specialist in engineering, technology and informatics at the UNESCO Regional Office for Science and Technology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, based in Jakarta
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