Technologies for Development : From Innovation to Social Impact.
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2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Scientific Committee and Session Leaders
- Contents
- Editors and Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 From Innovation to Social Impact
- 1.1 What Is Innovation?
- 1.2 Progress Driven by Technological Innovation
- 1.3 Remaining Challenges
- 1.4 Need for Social Impact
- 1.5 The Bumpy Road to Social Impact
- 1.6 Conclusion
- References
- Humanitarian Technologies
- 2 Do No Digital Harm: Mitigating Technology Risks in Humanitarian Contexts
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Technology Advantages
- 2.3 Digital Disasters
- 2.4 Mitigation Measures
- 2.5 Looking Ahead
- References
- 3 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Environmental Monitoring, Ecological Conservation, and Disaster Management
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Environmental Vulnerability and Susceptibility Studies
- 3.3 Ecological Conservation: Mapping and Target Detection
- 3.4 Regulatory Constraints in Brazil
- 3.5 Ongoing and Future Work
- References
- 4 Higher Education Spaces and Protracted Displacement: How Learner-Centered Pedagogies and Human-Centered Design Can Unleash Refugee Innovation
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Background
- 4.2.1 Disruptive Higher Education in Fragile Contexts: Digital Ecosystems and Open Educational Resources (OERs)
- 4.2.2 Designing HE Spaces in Settings of Protracted Displacement: The Case of the Kakuma InZone HE Space
- 4.2.3 Learner-Centered Pedagogies and Human-Centered Design in Support of SDG 4 and EFA
- 4.3 Conclusions
- References
- 5 Healthsites.io: The Global Healthsites Mapping Project
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Healthsite.io Approach
- 5.2.1 Datasets Integration
- 5.2.2 Validation Process
- 5.2.3 Updating
- 5.2.4 Opportunities, Risks, and Perspectives
- References
- 6 The Faceless Mobile Youth of Africa Drive Change
- 6.1 Background
- 6.2 Why the Northern Areas?
- 6.3 Problem Description.
- 6.4 Research Objectives
- 6.5 Methodology
- 6.6 Mobile Youth Culture
- 6.7 Social Media
- 6.8 Case Study: Northern Areas Youth Leadership Academy (YLA)
- 6.9 Phases of Drive Change
- 6.10 Using ICT to Drive Change
- 6.11 Humanising Pedagogy
- 6.12 Conclusion and Future Work
- References
- Medical Technologies
- 7 Barriers to Point of Care Testing in India and South Africa
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.1.1 Qualitative Project on Barriers to POC Testing
- 7.1.2 Ethics Approval
- 7.2 Results
- 7.2.1 India
- 7.2.2 South Africa
- 7.3 Discussion and Conclusion
- References
- 8 Health Hackathons Drive Affordable Medical Technology Innovation Through Community Engagement
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Objectives and Methodology
- 8.2.1 The Need for Co-creation
- 8.2.2 The Need for Health Hackathons: MIT Hacking Medicine and the Hackathon Model
- 8.2.3 The MIT Hacking Medicine Model Applied to Hackathons in LMICs by CAMTech
- 8.3 Potential for Development Impact
- 8.3.1 Direct Impact of Global Health Hackathons
- 8.3.2 CAMTech Extension of the Hackathon Model
- 8.3.3 Case Studies
- 8.4 Conclusions and Future Directions
- References
- 9 Developing a Low-Cost, Ultraportable, Modular Device Platform to Improve Access to Safe Surgery
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.1.1 Surgical Care as Part of the Global Health Armamentarium
- 9.1.2 Patient Safety in Surgery: Infrastructural Challenges to Sterility
- 9.1.3 Provider Safety in Surgery: Protecting Surgical Teams
- 9.1.4 SurgiBox: Solution Concept for the Double Challenge in Safe Surgery
- 9.2 Methods
- 9.2.1 Patient- and Stakeholder-Centered Development
- 9.2.2 Proof of Concept Testing
- 9.3 Results
- 9.3.1 Device Design
- 9.3.2 Particle Testing
- 9.4 Discussion
- 9.4.1 Ongoing and Future Research
- 9.4.2 Road to the Market
- 9.5 Conclusion
- References
- Renewable Energies.
- 10 Rural Electrification and Livelihood Generation for Women Enterprises in Rural India: Experience of Implementing Two-Stage Biomass Gasifiers
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Research Objectives and Involvement of Public Sector
- 10.3 Research Methodology
- 10.4 Selection of Village Clusters
- 10.5 Koraput, Odisha
- 10.6 Mayurbhanj, Odisha
- 10.7 Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
- 10.8 Potential Development Impact
- 10.9 Rayagada, Odisha
- 10.10 Recommendation for Future Research and Application in Practice
- Annexure 1
- References
- Sustainable Habitat
- 11 MiraMap: A Collective Awareness Platform to Support Open Policy-Making and the Integration of the Citizens' Perspective in Urban Planning and Governance
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 International Policies and Action Plans on Civic Engagement and Social Innovation in Urban Development
- 11.2.1 Citizens Participation Through the ICTs: The Global Scenario
- 11.3 Related Work on the Field
- 11.4 From a Pilot to a Governing Tool: A Case Study in Torino (Italy)
- 11.4.1 The Methodology
- 11.5 Achievements and Further Research Steps
- References
- 12 Reaching the Last Mile-Technology Solutions and Models for Service Delivery
- 12.1 Background
- 12.2 Piloting the Delivery Models
- 12.2.1 Technology Selection Process
- 12.2.2 Demand Creation for Safe Water in the Study Area
- 12.2.3 Innovations in Delivery Model
- 12.3 Imperatives for Scaling up
- 12.4 Way Forward
- References
- 13 Megaprojects as an Instrument of Urban Planning and Development: Example of Belgrade Waterfront
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Theoretical Background
- 13.2.1 Applied Approach
- 13.3 Example of the Belgrade Waterfront Project
- 13.3.1 Benchmark of Development Impacts of the BWP
- 13.4 Recommendations for Future Research and Application
- 13.5 Conclusions
- References.
- 14 What Can the South Learn from the North Regarding the Implementation of IoT Solutions in Cities? The Case of Seoul-Born Smart Transportation Card Implementation in Bogota
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Seoul Case
- 14.3 Bogota Case
- 14.4 Analysis
- 14.5 Conclusion
- References
- Disaster Risk Reduction
- 15 Putting 200 Million People "on the Map": Evolving Methods and Tools
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 Remote and Field Mapping Methods
- 15.3 Technical Tools
- 15.4 Applications and Potential Development Impacts
- 15.5 Challenges and Research Directions
- References
- 16 Highlights and Lessons from the Implementation of an Early Warning System for Glacier Lake Outburst Floods in Carhuaz, Peru
- 16.1 Introduction
- 16.2 Study Region
- 16.3 Description of the EWS Implemented in Carhuaz
- 16.3.1 Risk Knowledge (GLOF Modeling)
- 16.3.2 Monitoring and Warning Service (Implementation of Stations and Sensors)
- 16.3.3 Dissemination and Communication (Data Management)
- 16.3.4 Response Capability (Education and Preparedness)
- 16.4 Lessons Learned and Perspectives
- 16.5 Conclusions
- References
- 17 Enhancing Frontline Resilience: Transborder Community-Based Flood Early Warning System in India and Nepal
- 17.1 Introduction
- 17.1.1 Nuances of Vulnerability
- 17.1.2 Why Disaster Risk Reduction?
- 17.2 The Initiative
- 17.2.1 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Flood Resilience
- 17.2.2 Monitoring and Warning
- 17.2.3 Generating Data from the Frontlines
- 17.2.4 Dissemination of Alerts and Warnings
- 17.2.5 Feedback Mechanism
- 17.3 System in a Real World Situation (Case from Village Somai Gauri)
- 17.3.1 Background
- 17.3.2 Local Action by People
- 17.3.3 Floods of 2013
- 17.3.4 Benefits
- 17.4 Conclusion
- 17.4.1 Generating Buy in for EWS
- 17.4.2 Accelerating Regional Information Sharing.
- 17.4.3 Participation, Social Cohesion and Active Involvement
- 17.4.4 Capacity Building as Ongoing Activity
- References
- 18 Bridging the Information Gap: Mapping Data Sets on Information Needs in the Preparedness and Response Phase
- 18.1 Introduction
- 18.2 Research Questions and Methodology
- 18.3 Results
- 18.4 Discussion and Conclusions
- 18.5 Future Research
- References.