The Role of Renewable Energy Technology in Holistic Community Development - Couverture souple

Zahnd, Alexander

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3319381733 ISBN 13 : 9783319381732

Editeur : Springer International Publishing AG, 2016

Synopsis

This book details both the theory and applications of holistic community development for impoverished mountain regions of Nepal. It demonstrates the central role that access to energy services has in long-term holistic community development programs.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alexander Zahnd is currently international project director at RIDS-Switzerland (www.rids-switzerland.org) and international project supervisor at RIDS-Nepal (www.rids-nepal.org). He received his PhD in Renewable Energy from Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, in 2012. In 1996 he started to develop and apply the new concepts of holistic community development (HCD) as a way to improve the overall quality of life of the most remote and poorest mountain communities in the Himalayas. He co-founded the not-for-profit NGO RIDS-Nepal (www.rids-nepal.org) in 2002 and the NGO RIDS-Switzerland (www.rids-switzerland.org) in 2013, both with the goal to develop further HCD projects for mountain communities. From 2001-2010 he has been teaching a renewable energy course at the Kathmandu University in Dhulikhel, Nepal, as well as conducting research in the field of renewable energy technologies for communities and industries in developing countries. Because of his engagement in the field of applied HCD in remote Nepalese villages and his involvement in academic education of engineers in Nepal, he was elected as a member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW) in 2007.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer International Publishing AG
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3319381733
• ISBN 13: 9783319381732
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 641
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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