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- Title
Nanotechnology and the millennium development goals: water, energy, and agri-food.
- Authors
Cozzens, Susan; Cortes, Rodrigo; Soumonni, Ogundiran; Woodson, Thomas
- Abstract
The claim has often been made that nanotechnologies will contribute to the global development process. In 2005, a careful study identified specific areas where nanotechnologies could help developing countries achieve the millennium development goals. This article examines whether the research agenda of nanotechnology in the intervening period, as reflected in publications, has followed the directions identified at that time, in three key areas, water, energy, and agri-food. We find that the research community has taken up the broad directions indicated in the earlier study, although not so often the detailed applications of specific nanoscale techniques or phenomena. However, the impact on global development is unclear, both because the same applications can be useful in both developed and developing countries, and because the conditions in developing countries may not match the socio-technical requirements of the applications.
- Subjects
UN Millennium Project; NANOTECHNOLOGY; WATER; GLOBALIZATION; ECONOMIC development; DEVELOPING countries
- Publication
Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2013, Vol 15, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
1388-0764
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11051-013-2001-y