WIT Press

Sustainable Development Of Isolated Communities And The Role Of Solar Technology: The Case Of Nacunan, Santa Rosa, Mendoza, Argentina.

Price

Free (open access)

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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