Concept: appropriate technology in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI	http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/498
Preferred label	appropriate technology
Definition	1) A flexible and participatory approach to developing economically viable, regionally applicable and sustainable technology. 2) Technology designed to be used in developing countries. Typical requirements are that it should: be easy to use by the unskilled; have no difficult-to-get parts; be easily repaired on the spot. Typical example: a simple windmill to pump water rather than a diesel-driven pump. The terms `alternative', `intermediate' and `appropriate' are often used interchangeably.
Notation
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2013-12-05
Accepted Date	2013-12-05
Not Accepted Date
Alternative label	prikladna tehnologija [hr] primjerena tehnologija [hr] teknologia apropos [eu]
Scope note	techology transfer [en]
Has broader	2932 (environmental technology) in gemet2/concept
Has exact match	http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_544
Has close match	http://data.uba.de/umt/_00002078 http://dbpedia.org/resource/Appropriate_technology
Source	IISD (IISD) in gemet2/source VCN (VCN) in gemet2/source