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#Appropriate Technology
-In 1973 a second term appeared, in the book Small is Beautiful by economist Ernst Schumacher [^schu]. He first used intermediate technology, to describe technology designed with special consideration to the environmental, ethical, cultural, social, political, and economic aspects of the community it is intended for. The term changed to Appropriate Technology (AT) and became a movement encompassing technological choice and application that is about ’enoughness’, robustness and sustainable living. Although many associated projects involve the introduction of technology to developing countries, it is practised in a variety of contexts.
+In 1973 a second term appeared, in the book Small is Beautiful by Buddhist economist Ernst Schumacher [^schu]. He first used intermediate technology, to describe technology designed with special consideration to the environmental, ethical, cultural, social, political, and economic aspects of the community it is intended for. The term changed to Appropriate Technology (AT) and became a movement encompassing technological choice and application that is about ’enoughness’, robustness and sustainable living. Although many associated projects involve the introduction of technology to developing countries, it is practised in a variety of contexts.
The movement had its peak in the late seventies to early eighties. After that it was replaced with the term ’Environmentally Sound Technologies’. In 1983, an OECD report described AT as "low investment cost per work-place, low capital investment per unit of output, organizational simplicity, high adaptability to a particular social or cultural environment, sparing use of natural resources, low cost of final product or high potential for employment." [^oecd] Because of its focus on adaptation to the needs of the community it is intended for, it could also be described as decentralised and small scale.
