The environmental impact associated with this technology has, however, to be assessed in order to evaluate the appropriateness of the technology.
Learning from the design, psychology and sociology literatures, it is important that rural electrification projects incorporate the value perception of the end-user and extend their success beyond the commonly used criteria of financial value, the appropriateness of the technology, capacity building and technology uptake.
But these technologies may also raise serious ethical concerns in other spheres of society (e.g., social, cultural or political) that could undermine the appropriateness of these technologies.
Empirical and experiential types of knowing were also widely used to judge the effectiveness and appropriateness of the technologies in the local setting but were often assessed later in the process.
An IPC nurse in the same trust highlighted the importance of combining 'how-to' and 'principles' knowledge to assess effectiveness and appropriateness of the technologies: You need both evidence from [peer review] papers and the practicality of using the product [in the local context].
To optimize the usefulness of this biomass related to its productivity and appropriateness of combustion technology, it requires further in-depth research.
However, it is necessary to evaluate the appropriateness of any technology, trenchless or otherwise, on a project-to-project basis by considerating all the criteria and subcriteria important for the decision task.
The sheep is, then, a co-production of the material, physical characteristics that enable this modification to the sheep body, cognitive processes that value the 'natural', but with a social emphasis on economics of producing sheep for meat, the high cost of labour and normative evaluations that recognise the appropriateness of using technology to achieve these aims.
In response, sanitation entrepreneurs go beyond the standard linear model of assessing need and appropriateness of technology.
