Appropriate technology
What Appropriate technology means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Small-scale, sustainable and affordable solutions suited to local communities, such as solar-powered pumps or sand dams in low-income countries.
Sustainable, low-cost solutions suited to local skills and resources, such as solar cookers or efficient drip irrigation systems.
Technology that is suited to the needs, skills, knowledge and wealth of local people in the environment in which they live.
Simple, low-cost technology that is suitable for the local environment and can be maintained by the local community.
Topics that use Appropriate technology
- Food (AQA GCSE)
- Hot deserts (AQA GCSE)
- A range of strategies has been used to try to address uneven development (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- The level of development varies globally (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Soil erosion
- Top-down development
- Adaptation
- Bilateral aid
- Bottom-up development
- Climate
- Climate change
- Core-Periphery Model
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