The Careless Technology

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A Ballad of Ecological Awareness, Kenneth E. Boulding

1.      

Some Exercises in Social Ecology: Health, Disease, and Modernization in the Ryukyu Islands, Carter L. Marshall

2.      

Influence of Environmental Transformation in Changing the Map of Disease, Jacques M. May

3.      

Transferable Drug Resistance and the Ecologic Effects of Antibiotics, LaVerne C. Harold

4.      

Biological Disorders in the Genito-Urinary System Following theIntroduction of New Technologies and Lifeways in the Less DevelopedCountries, Boyouk Farvar

5.      

Aggravation of Vitamin A Deficiency Following Distribution of Non-Fortified Skim Milk. An Example of Nutrient Interaction, George E. Bunce

6.      

Lactose Intolerance in Southeast Asia, A. E. Davis and T. D. Bolin

7.      

The Role of Technological Development in Promoting Disease in Africa, Charles C. Hughes and John M. Hunter

8A.

The Impact of Agricultural Development on Aquatic Systems and Its Effecton the Epidemiology of Schistosomes in Rhodesia, C. J. Shiff

8B.

The Effects of Molluscicides on the Microflora and Microfauna of Aquatic Systems, C. J. Shiff

9.      

World Health Organization Project Egypt 10:  A Case History of aSchistosomiasis Control Project, Henry van der Schalie

DISCUSSION

II.

IRRIGATION AND WATER DEVELOPMENT, Thayer Scudder, Chairman

A Ballad of Ecological Awareness (continued), K. E. Boulding

10.  

The Role of the Aswan High Dam in Changing the Fisheries of theSoutheastern Mediterranean, Carl J. George 

11.  

Impact of River Control Schemes on the Shoreline of the Nile Delta, M. Kassas

12.  

The Nile Catchment―Technological Change and Aquatic Biology, E. Barton Worthington

13.  

Ecological Bottlenecks and the Development of the Kariba Lake Basin, Thayer Scudder

14.

Some Ecological Implications of Mekong River Development Plans, John E. Bardach

DISCUSSION

15.

The Impact of Modern Irrigation Technology in the Indus and Helmand Basins of Southwest Asia, Aloys A. Michel

16.

Salinization and Water Problems in the Algerian Northeast Sahara, Kamel Achi

17.

Salt Cedar and Salinity on the Upper Rio Grande, John Hay

18.

Consequences of Uncontrolled Human Activities in the Valencia Lake Basin, Alberto Böckh

19.

The Anchicayá Hydroelectric Project in Colombia: Design andSedimentation Problems, Robert N. Allen

DISCUSSION

 20.

On Irrigation—Induced Changes in Insect Populations in Israel, E. Rivnay

DISCUSSION

III.

ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF INTENSIFICATION OFPLANT PRODUCTIVITY, Ray F. Smith and E. W. Russell, Co-Chairmen

A Ballad of Ecological Awareness (continued), K. E. Boulding

21.

Effects of Manipulation of Cotton Agro-Ecosystems on Insect Pest Populations, Ray F. Smith and Harold T. Reynolds

22.

The Relationship between Insect Pests and Cotton Production in Central Africa, F. E. M. Gillham

23.

Ecological Consequences of Pesticides Used for the Control of Cotton Insects in Cañete Valley, Peru, Teodoro Boza Barducci

24.

Some Ecological Implications of Two Decades of Use of Synthetic OrganicInsecticides for Control of Agricultural Pests in Louisiana, L. D. Newsom

DISCUSSION

25.

Ecological Aspects of Pest Control in Malaysia, Gordon R. Conway

26.

Toxicity of Insecticides Used for Asiatic Rice Borer Control to TropicalFish in Rice Paddies, L. T. Kok

27.

Locust Control: Ecological Problems and International Pests, P. T. Haskell

28.

Ecological Effects of Chemical Control of Rodents and Jackals in Israel, H. Mendelssohn

DISCUSSION

29.

Problems in the Use of Chemical Fertilizers, John Phillips

30.

The Impact of Technological Developments on Soils in East Africa, E. W. Russell

31.

Nitrate Problems and Nitrite Hazards as Influenced by EcologicalConditions and by Fertilization of Plants, W. Schuphan

32.

Lateritic Soils in Distinct Tropical Environments: Southern Sudan and Brazil, Mary McNeil

33.

Problems of Tropical Settlement—Experiences in Colombia and Bolivia, Harold T. Jorgenson

34.

Plant Germ—Plasm Resources and Utilization, David H. Timothy

DISCUSSION

IV.

INTENSIFICATION OF ANIMAL PRODUCTIVITY, F. Fraser Darling, Chairman

A Ballad of Ecological Awareness (continued), K. E. Boulding

35.

Ecological Consequences of Sedentarization of Nomads, F. Fraser Darling and Mary A. Farvar

36.

Ecological Consequences of Bedouin Settlement in Saudi Arabia, Harold F. Heady

37.

Ecological Consequences of Rangeland Development in Masailand, East Africa, Lee M. Talbot

38.

The Ecological Impact of the Introduction of Domestic Cattle into Wild Life and Tsetse Areas of Rhodesia, Oliver West

39.

The Tsetse Fly: A Blessing or a Curse?, Frank L. Lambrecht

40.

The Sheep and the Saltbush: The Utilization of Australia’s Arid lands, Peter Crowcroft

 41.

Ecological Aspects of Protein Feeding—the Case of Peru, Georg Borgstrom

DISCUSSION

V.

SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, Gilbert F. White, Chairman

A Ballad of Ecological Awareness (continued), K. E. Boulding

42.

 Ecological Hazards from Nuclear Power Plants, Dean E. Abrahamson

43.

Atomic Waste Disposal in the Sea: An Ecological Dilemma?, Joel W. Hedgpeth

 44.

Enviromental Quality and the Thermal Pollution Problem, John Cairns, Jr.

DISCUSSION

 45.

An Ecological Overview of Caribbean Development Programs, Carl A. Carlozzi

46.

Man’s Effects on Island Ecosystems, F. R. Fosberg

47.

Some Ecological Factors in Development Projects in the Dominican Republic, Wolfram U. Drewes

DISCUSSION

48.

Experiments with the Use of Case Histories in an Ecology Seminar, Thane Riney

49.

Organizing Scientific Investigations to Deal with Environmental Impacts, Gilbert F. White

50.

An Ecological Approach to International Development: Problems of Policy and Administration, Lynton K. Caldwell

DISCUSSION

VI.

THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE CONFERENCE FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, Barry Commoner, Chairman

A Ballad of Ecological Awareness (conclusion), K. E. Boulding

DISCUSSION

GENERAL INDEX

INDEX OF SCIENTIFIC NAMES

THE CARELESS TECHNOLOGY REVISITED

- a joint initiative of IUCN-CEESP and CENESTA
with financial support from the Rockefeller Foundation

To what extent has introduced technology affected the ecology and well-being of "less-developed" countries?

More than 30 years ago, the Conference on Ecological Aspects of International Development sought out to answer just this question. The outcome of that conference-a literal tome!- entitled The Careless Technology-Ecology and International Development, quickly became a classic critique of technology from the environmental, human development and livelihood perspectives. The post-World War II idea that traditional societies can and should be overhauled overnight by blindly copying Western technology was questioned at its very core in a powerful and articulate analysis.

Launched during the Stockholm UN Conference on the Human Environment in 1972, the book made a large impact on both the conservation and development communities, challenged the values, goals and methods of "development" as then understood, and planted the seeds of many lines of thought about sustainable development.
Thirty years later, CEESP and CENESTA joined hands around the Careless Technology Revisited initiative, supported by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.

The initiative will reproduce the classic volume in CD ROM format and join it to a new volume entitled The Careless Technology Revisited. This will be published in 2003 and include the highlights of current thinking and discussions by affected people and professionals around the world, beginning from gatherings and presentations at the WSSC in Johannesburg in the summer 2002.

For more information, send an email to maryam@cenesta.org.