Sustainable Development Of Isolated Communities And The Role Of Solar Technology: The Case Of Nacunan, Santa Rosa, Mendoza, Argentina.
Price
Free (open access)
Transaction
Volume
34
Pages
10
Published
1999
Size
1,063 kb
Paper DOI
10.2495/ECO990221
Copyright
WIT Press
Author(s)
A. Esteves, A. Pattini, A. Mesa, R. Candia & M. Delugan
Abstract
The rural isolated communities living in desert arid zones in Argentina usually lack public services, especially energy, and they do not have many choices to be assisted and/or aided by Governments. Solar technology is a feasible solution, but it is necessary to apply an appropriate methodology to transfer this technology. The methodology should be based on human promotion, which involves instruction, training and community participation so as to enable them to reach their own developmental process.The role of the reasearcher w
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