Broken Pumps and Promises

Incentivizing Impact in Environmental Health

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Reference, Public Health, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Environmental Science
Cover of the book Broken Pumps and Promises by , Springer International Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9783319286433
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication: March 9, 2016
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9783319286433
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication: March 9, 2016
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

This volume highlights some of the challenges in delivering effective environmental health interventions, and presents examples of emergent theories and case studies that can help close the gap between intent and impact. These include impact crediting systems, objective evidence gathering tools, and social businesses that service environmental health. The case studies presented cross disciplines, scales, organizational and national boundaries and can defy easy categorization. A water project may be designed for a health impact, but financed with a climate change tool, and leverage high tech cell phone sensors. A cookstove program may be primarily concerned with employment and capacity building, but balance environmental and health concerns.

Presently, the impact of interventions may not always be aligned to the intent sought. In this book, readers will discover alternative ways to move the mindset of funders and implementers toward pay-for-performance models of humanitarian and environmental interventions. Undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, global health, appropriate technology, international development and development engineering would benefit from these increasingly non-traditional case studies that challenge commonly accepted presentations of poverty reduction and social enterprise.

 

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This volume highlights some of the challenges in delivering effective environmental health interventions, and presents examples of emergent theories and case studies that can help close the gap between intent and impact. These include impact crediting systems, objective evidence gathering tools, and social businesses that service environmental health. The case studies presented cross disciplines, scales, organizational and national boundaries and can defy easy categorization. A water project may be designed for a health impact, but financed with a climate change tool, and leverage high tech cell phone sensors. A cookstove program may be primarily concerned with employment and capacity building, but balance environmental and health concerns.

Presently, the impact of interventions may not always be aligned to the intent sought. In this book, readers will discover alternative ways to move the mindset of funders and implementers toward pay-for-performance models of humanitarian and environmental interventions. Undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, global health, appropriate technology, international development and development engineering would benefit from these increasingly non-traditional case studies that challenge commonly accepted presentations of poverty reduction and social enterprise.

 

More books from Springer International Publishing

Cover of the book An Archaeology of Improvement in Rural Massachusetts by
Cover of the book The Basics of Item Response Theory Using R by
Cover of the book Place Names in Africa by
Cover of the book Atlas of Intraoperative Frozen Section Diagnosis in Gynecologic Pathology by
Cover of the book Classical and Quantum Dynamics by
Cover of the book Antibacterials by
Cover of the book Gender, Family, and Adaptation of Migrants in Europe by
Cover of the book Lecture Notes on Wavelet Transforms by
Cover of the book The 'Mere Irish' and the Colonisation of Ulster, 1570-1641 by
Cover of the book Diversity in Mathematics Education by
Cover of the book The Rise of Private Actors in the Space Sector by
Cover of the book Peace Maintenance in Africa by
Cover of the book The New US Security Agenda by
Cover of the book Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima by
Cover of the book Cooperative Device-to-Device Communication in Cognitive Radio Cellular Networks by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy