Engineering rural development

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-63

  Parikh, Tapan S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS; DEVELOPING WORLDS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES; LIVING STANDARDS; NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SHARING INFORMATIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; REGIONAL PLANNING; RURAL AREAS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 58849126641     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1435417.1435433     Document Type: Article

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