Sustainability of appropriate environmental technologies in developing countries: general framework

The implementation of technologies in Developing Countries often has to face some critical factors, such
as: rapid population growth and changing lifestyle; lack of sensitivity and citizen participation; weakness
of the regulatory framework and its application; fragmented and inefficient organizations; insufficient
and inappropriate material and infrastructural resources; limited financial resources or inefficient
management of tariffs; limited human resources (staff size, skills, ability and motivation); lack of
environmental monitoring, etc.. These factors are often among the main causes of the failure of
international cooperation projects that promote the use of such technologies. Their introduction and
dissemination needs a rigorous multidisciplinary methodological approach, which allows a process of
selection and implementation of appropriate technologies able to consider the peculiarities of the context
and to integrate with the local traditional uses and capabilities of the beneficiary population.