Solar powered water pumps and Sustainable Development: Appropriate or inappropriate technology?

Proceedings of the Solar World Congress 2005: Bringing Water to the World, Including Proceedings of 34th ASES Annual Conference and Proceedings of 30th National Passive Solar Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 2956-2962

  Short, T D ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES; CLEAN WATERS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; HIGH-TECHNOLOGY; MINIMAL COST; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; SOLAR-POWERED; WATER PUMP; WATER PUMPING SYSTEMS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLANNING; PUMPS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84870549590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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