TY  - BOOK
AU  - Khor, Kok Peng, ed.
AU  - Lim, Li Lin, ed.
TI  - Good practices and innovative experiences in the South: Vol. 2, social policies, indigenous knowledge and appropriate technology
SN  - 1842771302
U1  - 361.25 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Zed Books
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; v. 1. Economic, environmental, and sustainable livelihood initiatives -- v. 2. Good practices in social policies, indigenous and traditional knowledge, and appropriate technology -- v. 3. Innovative social organizations, practices, and experiments.
Content: Introduction -- I. Social Policies -- Promotion of Indigenous Systems of Medicine in India -- Provision of Public Housing in Singapore -- Model Law for the Protection of Biodiversity Knowledge in Developing Countries -- Control of Private Vehicles in Urban Areas -- II. Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge and Practices -- Growing Herbal Plants in Home Gardens for Health Care -- The Traditional Malay House -- Indigenous Agroforestry Practices in the Cordillera -- Rehabilitating Indigenous Technologies for Mud Construction -- III. Appropriate Technology --Using Computer Technology to Empower the Blind -- Rearing Spiders as Biological Pest-Control agents -- Nadep Method of Compost Manufacture -- City Farming Innovations -- Preparation of Neem Biopesticides at Farm Level -- Water-efficient Trench Irrigation for Horticulture -- Sulabh Shauchalaya: Low Cost Sanitation -- Protecting diversity in Rice: Rapid Clonal Multiplication of Rice Seed
ER  -