There is an enormous demand for rural housing in India that needs to be catered for within a
short span of time. Building with earth (mud) is proposed as an economical and …

Societal problems concern the complexity of technical, organisational, social, and political
issues. The enormous negative impacts of these problems and the inability of problem …

This paper addresses many of the issues deriving from both design activity itself and the
introduction of technology into everyday life. Relevant authors like Papanek (1984) …

This article aims at raising awareness and dialogue about ethical dimensions of human-
technology design of socio-technical systems in general, the Human-Computer Interaction …

Many of the Design for Development outcomes which are unsuited to the users and their
environment are based on poorly defined needs and preferences. Product-design engineers …

A new approach to addressing the contemporary world's most difficult challenges, such as
climate change and poverty. Conflicts over “the problem” and “the solution” plague the …

In informal urban settlements, there is an abundance of plastic waste material, which creates
a range of health and environment-related problems. At the same time, there is a lack of …

The way in which technology is designed requires reconsideration. Most importantly, a
clearer consideration of ethics in the design process can ensure that, even in the planning …

Millions of people worldwide die prematurely or suffer from severe health ailments due to
cooking equipment that causes unhealthy doses of (household) air pollution. Many attempts …

In the arsenic-contaminated Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta in India and Bangladesh,
small-scale piped water supply seems a promising way to provide safe drinking water to …