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Design for Sustainability: Countering the Drivers of Unsustainability in Development Projects
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- Meyer, Isabel (Author)
- Marais, Mario Alphonso (Author)
Title
Design for Sustainability: Countering the Drivers of Unsustainability in Development Projects
Abstract
Development projects aim to make a difference in communities. Funders often require that the intervention needs to last, or that it needs to effect change that will last, over an extended period of time. In short, a sustainable difference needs to be made and this is an important measure of success. However, there are inherent drivers in the combined system of donors and beneficiaries that counter sustainability. This article explores these drivers, and identifies project design elements that need to be in place in order to promote sustainability by countering the drivers. This approach is applied to an education project, and implications for ICT4D projects are developed.
Publication
The Journal of Community Informatics
Volume
11
Issue
3
Date
16/09/2015
Language
en
ISSN
1712-4441
Short Title
Design for Sustainability
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23/06/2016, 14:13
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Citation
Meyer, I., & Marais, M. A. (2015). Design for Sustainability: Countering the Drivers of Unsustainability in Development Projects. The Journal of Community Informatics, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v11i3.2768
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