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:[[:Category:Flood control|Flood control]] <small>Swales</small> | :[[:Category:Flood control|Flood control]] <small>Swales</small> | ||
:Rooftop catchment • Stormwater catchment | :Rooftop catchment • Stormwater catchment | ||
'''[[ | '''[[:Category:Sanitation|Sanitation]]'''<ref>I opted to place Wastewater treatment under Sanitation. Discuss</ref><br> | ||
:[[:Category:Wastewater treatment| Wastewater treatment ]]'''<br> | |||
:Primary • Secondary • Tertiary | :<small>Primary • Secondary • Tertiary • Physical • Chemical • Biological • Constructed lagoons • Community scale</small> | ||
'''[[:Category:Water conservation|Water conservation]]''' | '''[[:Category:Water conservation|Water conservation]]''' | ||
:[[:Category:Composting toilets| Composting toilets]] | :[[:Category:Composting toilets| Composting toilets]] | ||
'''[[:Category:Water delivery|Water delivery]]''' (instead of transport?) | '''[[:Category:Water delivery|Water delivery]]''' (instead of transport?) | ||
:Water jugs • Aqueducts and plumbing | :Water jugs • Aqueducts and plumbing | ||
'''[[:Category:Water | '''[[:Category:Water purification|Water purification]]'''<br> | ||
:Desalination <small>Solar desalination</small> | :Desalination <small>Solar desalination</small> | ||
:[[:Category:Distillation|Distillation]] <small>[[:Category:Solar distillation|Solar distillation]]</small> | :[[:Category:Distillation|Distillation]] <small>[[:Category:Solar distillation|Solar distillation]]</small> | ||
:[[:Category:Filtration|Filtration]] <small>Slow sand filtration</small> | :[[:Category:Filtration|Filtration]] <small>Slow sand filtration</small> | ||
'''[[:Category:Water quality|Water quality]]'''<ref>This seems somehow below purification and sanitation.</ref><br> | |||
'''[[:Category:Water storage|Water storage]]''' | '''[[:Category:Water storage|Water storage]]''' | ||
:Wells<ref>Are wells really for storage, or supply? If storage, is it still called a "well"?</ref> • Cisterns<ref>How is a Cistern different from a storage tank? Isn't it just a kind of storage tank?</ref> | :Wells<ref>Are wells really for storage, or supply? If storage, is it still called a "well"?</ref> • Cisterns<ref>How is a Cistern different from a storage tank? Isn't it just a kind of storage tank?</ref> | ||
:Storage tanks <small>Ferrocement • Plastic • Wood</small> | :Storage tanks <small>Ferrocement • Plastic • Wood</small> | ||
'''[[:Category:Water supply|Water supply]]'''<ref>Do wells belong here instead of under storage?</ref><br> | |||
:[[Rural water supply]]<ref>Regional categories or articles beneath this</ref> | |||
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'''[[Agriculture]]''' | '''[[Agriculture]]''' | ||
:Biodynamic farming? | :Biodynamic farming? | ||
:Crop rotation • Crop drying • Crop storage | :Companion planting • Crop rotation • Crop drying • Crop storage | ||
: | :Fertilization <small>[[:Category:Composting|Composting]] • Humanure • [[:Category:Vermiculture|Vermiculture]]</small> | ||
:Seed saving • [[Specific crops and climates]] &bull [[:Category:Uncommon Tropical Crops|Uncommon Tropical Crops]]<ref>existing category, noncompliant capitalization, 3 members</ref> | |||
'''[[Agroforestry]]'''<br> | '''[[Agroforestry]]'''<br> | ||
'''[[Animal husbandry]]''' | '''[[Animal husbandry]]''' | ||
: | :Animal health • Chicken tractor • Beekeeping • [[:Category:Fish farming|Fish farming]] • [[:Category:Livestock | Livestock]] | ||
'''[[Aquaculture]]'''<br> | '''[[Aquaculture]]'''<br> | ||
'''[[Composting]]''' | '''[[Composting]]''' | ||
:Vermiculture • Pit • Spinning barrel | :Vermiculture • Pit • Spinning barrel | ||
'''[[Food preserving]]''' | '''[[Food preserving]]'''<ref>Former name, Preserving and storing food, 5 members</ref><br> | ||
:Canning • Dehydrating | :Canning • Dehydrating <small>[[:Category:Solar dehydrating|Solar]]</small> | ||
:Refrigeration • Storing | :Refrigeration • Storing | ||
'''[[:Category:Food preparation|Food preparation]]'''<ref>Food processing category exists. Transfer to preparation? Subcategory of preparation?</ref><br> | '''[[:Category:Food preparation|Food preparation]]'''<ref>Food processing category exists. Transfer to preparation? Subcategory of preparation?</ref><br> | ||
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:100 mile diet • Omnivorism • Vegetarianism | :100 mile diet • Omnivorism • Vegetarianism | ||
'''[[:Category:Pest control|Pest control]]'''<br> | '''[[:Category:Pest control|Pest control]]'''<br> | ||
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:Homeopathy • Aleopathy • Herbalism<ref>I wouldn't be making a fuss if someone added pages on these topics, but are they really part of Appropedia's focus? (Did Chris leave this?)</ref> | :Homeopathy • Aleopathy • Herbalism<ref>I wouldn't be making a fuss if someone added pages on these topics, but are they really part of Appropedia's focus? (Did Chris leave this?)</ref> | ||
'''[[Human dignity in public health]]'''<br> | '''[[Human dignity in public health]]'''<br> | ||
'''[[:Category:Medical storage|Medical storage]]'''<br> | |||
:[[:Category:Refrigeration|Refrigeration]] | |||
::<small>Food refrigeration • Vaccine refrigeration</small> | |||
'''[[ORT]]'''<ref>What is this? Is there a better label? Does it fit under something else?</ref><br> | '''[[ORT]]'''<ref>What is this? Is there a better label? Does it fit under something else?</ref><br> | ||
'''[[:Category:Hygiene|Hygiene]]'''<br> | '''[[:Category:Hygiene|Hygiene]]'''<br> | ||
:Hand washing<ref>Moved from Sanitation as agreed with Chris</ref><br> | :Hand washing<ref>Moved from Sanitation as agreed with Chris</ref> • [[:Category:Washing|Washing]]<ref>existing category(2)</ref><br> | ||
'''[[:Category:Pest control|Pest control]]'''<br> | '''[[:Category:Pest control|Pest control]]'''<br> | ||
:[[:Category:Mosquito control|Mosquito control]] | |||
'''[[Public safety]]''' | '''[[Public safety]]''' | ||
:Ambulance • Earthquake preparedness | :Ambulance • Earthquake preparedness | ||
:Fire response • Tsunami alert | :Fire response • Tsunami alert | ||
'''[[ | '''[[Sanitation]]'''<ref>How is "wastewater treatment" distinct from Sanitation? Bigger? Smaller? Same?</ref><br> | ||
:[[:Category:Composting toilet|Composting toilets]]<ref>Need to change the name of the current category name by adding an "S".</ref><ref>IMHO, the subcategories (bucket, double-vaulted) don't add value, can be added later. This is a recurring theme and needs to be addressed as a policy. Do we create empty or single-article categories and hope they grow? Meanwhile live with bunches of empty or near-empty categories, which seems annoying and seems to exaggerate gaps. Alternatively, we are forced to regularly create and expand categories, which has its own set of issues...</ref> <small>Bucket • Double vaulted</small> | :[[:Category:Composting toilet|Composting toilets]]<ref>Need to change the name of the current category name by adding an "S".</ref><ref>IMHO, the subcategories (bucket, double-vaulted) don't add value, can be added later. This is a recurring theme and needs to be addressed as a policy. Do we create empty or single-article categories and hope they grow? Meanwhile live with bunches of empty or near-empty categories, which seems annoying and seems to exaggerate gaps. Alternatively, we are forced to regularly create and expand categories, which has its own set of issues...</ref> <small>Bucket • Double vaulted</small> | ||
:Humanure | :Humanure • [[Pit latrines]]<ref>Merged "improved pit latrines" into </ref> • [[Septic tanks]] | ||
'''[[:Category:Waste management|Waste management]]'''<ref>Is this solid was management, different from, say, wastewater treatment and sanitation?</ref><br> | |||
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==[[:Category:Culture and community|Culture and community]]== | ==[[:Category:Culture and community|Culture and community]]== | ||
Notes on "C and C" section<ref>Category:Community exists with 51 members!</ref><ref>Category:Corruption belongs here (1 article) | Notes on "C and C" section<ref>Category:Community exists with 51 members!</ref><ref>Category:Corruption belongs here (1 article) and Poverty (1)</ref><ref>"Culture and development" has 8 articles. Need to figure out where they fit</ref><br> | ||
'''[[:Category:Activism|Activism]]'''<ref>New proposal:Active citizenry? Maybe that's different from Activism?</ref><br> | '''[[:Category:Activism|Activism]]'''<ref>New proposal:Active citizenry? Maybe that's different from Activism?</ref><br> | ||
:Accounting practices • Microfinance | :Accounting practices • Microfinance | ||
:Sustainable accounting • Triple bottom line | :Sustainable accounting • Triple bottom line | ||
'''[[:Category:Cities|Cities]]'''<br> | '''[[:Category:Cities|Cities]]'''<br> | ||
'''[[:Category:Commerce|Commerce]]'''<br> | '''[[:Category:Commerce|Commerce]]'''<ref>Economics?</ref><br> | ||
:[[:Category:Banking|Banking]] or [[:Category:Finance|Finance]]<ref>Although I had originally suggested Banking as a category, commerce is a better meta term, and the category exists (1 member). For example, there are a variety of manufacturing articles that would seem to be supportive of sustainable development; they could fit under commerce along with banking. Another discussion might be licensing, permits, cap-and-trade, etc. Not all are applicable to 3rd world</ref><ref>Finance already exists also. Seems broader than banking, so perhaps drop banking?</ref><br> | :[[:Category:Banking|Banking]] or [[:Category:Finance|Finance]]<ref>Although I had originally suggested Banking as a category, commerce is a better meta term, and the category exists (1 member). For example, there are a variety of manufacturing articles that would seem to be supportive of sustainable development; they could fit under commerce along with banking. Another discussion might be licensing, permits, cap-and-trade, etc. Not all are applicable to 3rd world</ref><ref>Finance already exists also. Seems broader than banking, so perhaps drop banking?</ref><br> | ||
::<small>[[:Category:Microfinance|Microfinance]]</small> | |||
'''[[Community organizing]]'''<br> | '''[[Community organizing]]'''<br> | ||
:[[Building partnerships]] | :[[Building partnerships]] | ||
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'''[[Effective lobbying]]'''<br> | '''[[Effective lobbying]]'''<br> | ||
'''[[:Category:Environmental justice|Environmental justice]]'''<br> | '''[[:Category:Environmental justice|Environmental justice]]'''<br> | ||
'''[[Gender and development]]'''<br> | '''[[:Category:Gender and development|Gender and development]]'''<br> | ||
:[[Equal rights for women]] • [[Male contraception]] | :[[Equal rights for women]] • [[Male contraception]] | ||
:[[Separate facilities]] | :[[Separate facilities]] | ||
'''[[Intentional communities]]'''<br> | '''[[Intentional communities]]'''<br> | ||
:Communes • Ecovillages | :Communes • Ecovillages | ||
'''[[Legal systems]]'''<ref>I don't know if this is the top category? Maybe "Governance"?</ref><br> | |||
:[[:Category:Justice|Justice]] • Rule of law | |||
'''[[Multiculturalism]]'''<br> | '''[[Multiculturalism]]'''<br> | ||
'''[[Social artistry]]'''<br> | '''[[Social artistry]]'''<br> | ||
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'''[[GIS]]'''<br> | '''[[GIS]]'''<br> | ||
'''[[Networking]]'''<br> | '''[[Networking]]'''<br> | ||
:[[:Category:Internet|Internet]]<br> | |||
:Blogs Email Instant messaging | :<small>Blogs *• Email • Instant messaging</small> | ||
:[[:Category:Wikis|Wikis]] | |||
'''[[Repeaters]]'''<br> | '''[[Repeaters]]'''<br> | ||
'''[[Short wave radio]]'''<br> | '''[[Short wave radio]]'''<br> | ||
'''[[Software]]'''<br> | '''[[Software]]'''<br> | ||
:[[Open source]] • Shareware | :[[:Category:Open source|Open source]] • Shareware | ||
'''[[Telephony]]'''<br> | '''[[Telephony]]'''<br> | ||
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==[[:Category:Energy|Energy]]== | ==[[:Category:Energy|Energy]]== | ||
Refs for Energy section<ref>there's some inconsistency here. A mix between sources of energy and forms of energy. Sources may be: human, animal, wind, water, solar, etc. Forms might be mechanical, thermal, electrical, light, etc. We have human and wind under electrical, but windmills can be used for, yep, mills, or for pumping, with no electricity involved. Solution? A more complete subcategorization by energy form, or by source, or possibly both</ref> | Refs for Energy section<ref>there's some inconsistency here. A mix between sources of energy and forms of energy. Sources may be: human, animal, wind, water, solar, etc. Forms might be mechanical, thermal, electrical, light, etc. We have human and wind under electrical, but windmills can be used for, yep, mills, or for pumping, with no electricity involved. Solution? A more complete subcategorization by energy form, or by source, or possibly both</ref><ref>"Power and energy" was the former name. 6 members</ref> | ||
'''[[Efficiency]]'''<br> | '''[[Efficiency]]'''<br> | ||
*[[Energy auditing]] | *[[Energy auditing]] | ||
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:[[Batteries]] • [[:Category:Electric lighting|Electric lighting]]<ref>Highlights the categorization problem. Need a "lighting" section</ref> • [[Fuel cells]]<ref>Use the broader term, most are hydrogen anyway</ref> | :[[Batteries]] • [[:Category:Electric lighting|Electric lighting]]<ref>Highlights the categorization problem. Need a "lighting" section</ref> • [[Fuel cells]]<ref>Use the broader term, most are hydrogen anyway</ref> | ||
:[[Grid intertie]] • [[Microcapicitors]] | :[[Grid intertie]] • [[Microcapicitors]] | ||
:[[:Category:Human power|Human power]] • | :[[:Category:Human power|Human power]]<ref>Subcategories may not be needed</ref> <small>Pedal power</small> | ||
:Photovoltaic | :[[:Category:Microhydro|Microhydro]] • [[:Category:Photovoltaic|Photovoltaic]] | ||
:<small>Solar pumping • Solar vaccine refrigeration</small> | ::<small>Solar pumping • Solar vaccine refrigeration</small> | ||
:Wave power • Wind power | :Wave power • Wind power | ||
'''[[Heat]]'''<br> | '''[[Heat]]'''<br> | ||
:[[:Category: | :[[:Category:Cooking|Cooking]]<ref>Replaced "cookstoves" (new) and "Cookers" (4) with "Cooking". Inclusive of stoves and ovens, and consistent with policy, existing "Solar cooking" category, "heating" (not heaters) and "refrigeration" (not "refrigerators")</ref> <small>[[:Category:Solar cookers|Solar]]<ref>We have conflicting original category names. "Cookers" but "Solar cooking" (1)</ref> </small> | ||
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:Hydronic radiant heating<ref>This can also be done in the lower part of walls, right?</ref> | :Hydronic radiant heating<ref>This can also be done in the lower part of walls, right?</ref> | ||
:[[Insulation]] | :[[Insulation]] <small>Strawbale • Fiber board • Fiberglass</small> | ||
:Passive solar design • [[:Category:Refrigeration|Refrigeration]] | |||
:Passive solar design • Thermal mass | :[[:Category:Solar hotwater|Solar hotwater]]<ref>Even if, technically, there are thermal and nonthermal version of solar hotwater, Chris and I agree that "solar thermal" is overly pedantic and not natural. In any case, choose the larger label that can include both thermal and non-thermal solar hotwater</ref> • Thermal mass • Thermodynamics | ||
'''[[:Category:Fuels|Fuels]]'''<ref>Category:Biofuel already exists...</ref><br> | '''[[:Category:Fuels|Fuels]]'''<ref>Category:Biofuel already exists...</ref><br> | ||
:[[:Category:Biodiesel|Biodiesel]]<ref>IMHO, these subcategories shouldn't exist for a while...Just bundle the small number of articles under the "Fuel" or "Biofuel" category.</ref> • Biogas • Ethanol • Hydrogen | :[[:Category:Biodiesel|Biodiesel]]<ref>IMHO, these subcategories shouldn't exist for a while...Just bundle the small number of articles under the "Fuel" or "Biofuel" category.</ref> • Biogas • Ethanol • Hydrogen | ||
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==[[Materials and construction]]== | ==[[Materials and construction]]== | ||
'''[[:Category:4Rs|4Rs]]'''<br> | '''[[:Category:4Rs|4Rs]]'''<ref>Inconsistent subcategory names...may be okay?</ref><br> | ||
:Reduce &bull [[:Category:Material reuse|Reuse]] • [[:Category:Recycling|Recycling]] • Rethink | |||
'''[[:Category:Alternative building | Alternative building]]''' or '''[[:Category:Construction|Construction]]'''<ref>The category "Construction" also already exists, and presumably the two categories need to be merged. Given the name of the meta-category, would Construction be the better choice? Yes, IMHO. Earthquake safety may not just fit under alternative.</ref><br> | '''[[:Category:Alternative building | Alternative building]]''' or '''[[:Category:Construction|Construction]]'''<ref>The category "Construction" also already exists, and presumably the two categories need to be merged. Given the name of the meta-category, would Construction be the better choice? Yes, IMHO. Earthquake safety may not just fit under alternative.</ref><br> | ||
:Bamboo • Cordwood • [[:Category:Earthquake safety|Earthquake safety]] • Earthship<ref>Huh?</ref> • Ferrocement • Living roof • Papercrete • Strawbale • Tires | :Bamboo • Cordwood • [[:Category:Earthquake safety|Earthquake safety]] • Earthship<ref>Huh?</ref> • Ferrocement • Living roof • Papercrete • [[:Category:Strawbale|Strawbale]] • Tires | ||
:[[:Category:Earthen construction|Earthen construction]] | :[[:Category:Earthen construction|Earthen construction]] | ||
::<small>[[:Category:Adobe|Adobe]] • Bajareche • [[:Category:Cobb|Cobb]] • Earth bags • Earthen oven • Earthen plaster • Rammed earth • Stone and brick • Wattle and daub</small> | ::<small>[[:Category:Adobe|Adobe]] • Bajareche • [[:Category:Cobb|Cobb]] • Earth bags • Earthen oven • Earthen plaster • [[:Category:Living roof|Living roof]] • Rammed earth • Stone and brick • Wattle and daub</small> | ||
'''[[Alternative materials]]'''<br> | '''[[Alternative materials]]'''<br> | ||
:Bioplastic • Hemp • Lechugilla • Smartwood | :Bioplastic • Hemp • Lechugilla • Smartwood | ||
'''[[Bioremediation]]'''<ref>This seems more like agriculture</ref><br> | '''[[Bioremediation]]'''<ref>This seems more like agriculture</ref><br> | ||
'''[[:Category:Composting|Composting]]'''<br> | '''[[:Category:Composting|Composting]]'''<br> | ||
:[[:Category:Vermiculture|Vermiculture]]<ref>Not here? But in ag?</ref> | |||
'''[[Material science]]'''<br> | '''[[Material science]]'''<br> | ||
:Fluid dynamics • Solid dynamics • Solid statics | :Fluid dynamics • Solid dynamics • Solid statics | ||
'''[[Natural capital]]'''<br> | '''[[Natural capital]]'''<br> | ||
'''[[Supplies]]'''<br> | '''[[:Category:Supplies|Supplies]]'''<ref>I have some trouble with this category being here. To me, this belongs in User resources. Reasoning: Supplies are not just materials, but more complex things like computers, switches, pumps, motors, solar panels. Also, "Services" (well drilling, cement delivery, translation, towing) seem closely related (potentially the same providers in some cases)</ref><br> | ||
'''[[Surveying]]'''<ref>seems related to Land Use...Community? Transportation with land use in community?</ref><br> | '''[[Surveying]]'''<ref>seems related to Land Use...Community? Transportation with land use in community?</ref><br> | ||
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'''[[:Category:Biomimicry| Biomimicry]]'''<br> | '''[[:Category:Biomimicry| Biomimicry]]'''<br> | ||
'''[[International development]]'''<br> | '''[[International development]]'''<br> | ||
:[[:Category:Principals of development|Principals of development]]<ref>1 member</ref> | |||
'''[[:Category:Natural capital| Natural capital]]'''<br> | '''[[:Category:Natural capital| Natural capital]]'''<br> | ||
'''[[:Category:Permaculture| Permaculture]]'''<br> | '''[[:Category:Permaculture| Permaculture]]'''<br> | ||
'''[[Poverty Reduction]]'''<br> | '''[[Poverty Reduction]]'''<br> | ||
'''[[ | '''[[:Category:Sustainability|Sustainability]]'''<br> | ||
:[[Sustainable development]] | |||
'''[[:Category:Triple bottom line| Triple bottom line]]'''<br> | '''[[:Category:Triple bottom line| Triple bottom line]]'''<br> | ||
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'''[[Clothing]]'''<ref>This seems similar to shelter in terms of human need. Buildings are not really essential...The larger term might be shelter, including buildings and clothing. But what about non-shelter structures like antenna towers and greenhouses, etc? Okay, so maybe clothing, as protection, belongs in "Health and safety"...along with Laundry...</ref><br> | |||
'''[[Land use]]'''<ref>Options like, construction, transportation, community all seem to make sense. My personal bias is toward community, since it feels like a "city planning" question. But perhaps Transportation is also :-)</ref><br> | |||
'''[[:Category:Rant|Rant]]'''<ref>Only 1 member</ref><br> | |||
'''[[:Category:Tools|Tools]]'''<ref>existing name is singular</ref><ref>Interesting. Tools are not an inherent human need, but a means to an end. Getting more philosophical, all technologies are tools, and so the whole site is about tools, but many tools are highly specialized. So the more general tools fall into the "tool" bucket. One could argue that Tools is a meta-topic, and that ICT belongs under tools. If we were to pursue that method (fine by me), then Education might belong under Community. I would also be fine with that.</ref><br> | |||
:[[:Category:Knots|Knots]]<ref>Currently, Knots is a subcategory of How_to</ref> | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 06:01, 20 January 2007
Water[1]Notes for Water section[2]
Water delivery (instead of transport?)
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Food and drinkNotes for Food section[10]
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Public health or Health or Health and safetyRefs for public health section[15][16][17][18][19] Health care by region
Human dignity in public health
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Culture and communityNotes on "C and C" section[30][31][32]
Decision making techniques[37]
Effective lobbying
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ICTNotes for ICT section[39]<where would satellite go? web connection?Email?
Repeaters
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EnergyRefs for Energy section[41][42]
Efficiency
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Materials and construction Alternative building or Construction[54]
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TransportationNotes on Transportation section[60][61][62]
Fuel[66] Rideshare |
MetaconceptsAppropriate technology Natural capital Where to put these? |
References
- ↑ Moderator: Chris! (how is this as a means of capturing moderators?
- ↑ Should moderators define categories in their areas?
- ↑ Should we add "snowmelt" to this? Or separate? Change to precipitation?
- ↑ I opted to place Wastewater treatment under Sanitation. Discuss
- ↑ This seems somehow below purification and sanitation.
- ↑ Are wells really for storage, or supply? If storage, is it still called a "well"?
- ↑ How is a Cistern different from a storage tank? Isn't it just a kind of storage tank?
- ↑ Do wells belong here instead of under storage?
- ↑ Regional categories or articles beneath this
- ↑ "Food and drink" has 126 articles, Food has 5! I choose "Food and drink" for practical reasons! Plus it's also an okay name
- ↑ existing category, noncompliant capitalization, 3 members
- ↑ Former name, Preserving and storing food, 5 members
- ↑ Food processing category exists. Transfer to preparation? Subcategory of preparation?
- ↑ Does Macrobiotics belong in nutrition/diet?
- ↑ "Health and safety"? Where to put various safety items? Under community? Note that "Health" already exists and has 13 members. Public health exists and has 8 members.
- ↑ I'm concerned about the value and liability of "treatment" articles. I would suggest a conservative policy in the treatment area, or huge disclaimers. Both, really.
- I'm not sure how conservative you are thinking, but I'd like to major on the prominent disclaimer and restrict editing as little as possible. --Singkong2005 · talk 03:56, 15 January 2007 (PST)
- ↑ What to include? Cysts, bacteria, virus, but not broken bones, sprains, cuts, concussions, malnutrition, exposure, heat stroke, dehydration?
- Some are obviously development-related, like malaria... but I wouldn't be inclined to categorize diseases by pathogen type (Cysts, Bacterias, Viruses) - not at this stage, anyway. We're focusing on the technology and practice of treatment on prevention, not on the biology of the pathogen.
- I guess the aim here is to suggest likely topics, rather than define limits? To be honest, I'm actually not sure why we need this table at all, as opposed to just relying on the category structure (which would also save a lot of work, and avoid getting out of date)...
- If we end up having pages on appropriate technology casts for broken limbs, and suitable transport for people in a delicate condition (with broken bones or internal injuries) in rough, poor situations, then we we might think about having a category for those topics. --Singkong2005 · talk 03:56, 15 January 2007 (PST)
- ↑ Prevention and treatment are called out separately. What else is there? Description, diagnosis, prevalence, perhaps?
- ↑ I dropped specific diseases under "diseases, and implicitly raised "prevention and treatement" within each category to be included with categories as, say, Cysts.
- ↑ Bacteria is already plural right? And yet, my gut says adding the "s" is okay
- ↑ I wouldn't be making a fuss if someone added pages on these topics, but are they really part of Appropedia's focus? (Did Chris leave this?)
- ↑ What is this? Is there a better label? Does it fit under something else?
- ↑ Moved from Sanitation as agreed with Chris
- ↑ existing category(2)
- ↑ How is "wastewater treatment" distinct from Sanitation? Bigger? Smaller? Same?
- ↑ Need to change the name of the current category name by adding an "S".
- ↑ IMHO, the subcategories (bucket, double-vaulted) don't add value, can be added later. This is a recurring theme and needs to be addressed as a policy. Do we create empty or single-article categories and hope they grow? Meanwhile live with bunches of empty or near-empty categories, which seems annoying and seems to exaggerate gaps. Alternatively, we are forced to regularly create and expand categories, which has its own set of issues...
- ↑ Merged "improved pit latrines" into
- ↑ Is this solid was management, different from, say, wastewater treatment and sanitation?
- ↑ Category:Community exists with 51 members!
- ↑ Category:Corruption belongs here (1 article) and Poverty (1)
- ↑ "Culture and development" has 8 articles. Need to figure out where they fit
- ↑ New proposal:Active citizenry? Maybe that's different from Activism?
- ↑ Economics?
- ↑ Although I had originally suggested Banking as a category, commerce is a better meta term, and the category exists (1 member). For example, there are a variety of manufacturing articles that would seem to be supportive of sustainable development; they could fit under commerce along with banking. Another discussion might be licensing, permits, cap-and-trade, etc. Not all are applicable to 3rd world
- ↑ Finance already exists also. Seems broader than banking, so perhaps drop banking?
- ↑ Do we have techniques and structures reversed?
- ↑ I don't know if this is the top category? Maybe "Governance"?
- ↑ I now prefer ICT as a name, as longs as it's abbreviated. I've seen it everywhere...
- ↑ If we have a category for repeaters, seems like computers deserve a slot
- ↑ there's some inconsistency here. A mix between sources of energy and forms of energy. Sources may be: human, animal, wind, water, solar, etc. Forms might be mechanical, thermal, electrical, light, etc. We have human and wind under electrical, but windmills can be used for, yep, mills, or for pumping, with no electricity involved. Solution? A more complete subcategorization by energy form, or by source, or possibly both
- ↑ "Power and energy" was the former name. 6 members
- ↑ We have "electricity" as an existing category...what to do?
- ↑ Highlights the categorization problem. Need a "lighting" section
- ↑ Use the broader term, most are hydrogen anyway
- ↑ Subcategories may not be needed
- ↑ Replaced "cookstoves" (new) and "Cookers" (4) with "Cooking". Inclusive of stoves and ovens, and consistent with policy, existing "Solar cooking" category, "heating" (not heaters) and "refrigeration" (not "refrigerators")
- ↑ We have conflicting original category names. "Cookers" but "Solar cooking" (1)
- ↑ This can also be done in the lower part of walls, right?
- ↑ Even if, technically, there are thermal and nonthermal version of solar hotwater, Chris and I agree that "solar thermal" is overly pedantic and not natural. In any case, choose the larger label that can include both thermal and non-thermal solar hotwater
- ↑ Category:Biofuel already exists...
- ↑ IMHO, these subcategories shouldn't exist for a while...Just bundle the small number of articles under the "Fuel" or "Biofuel" category.
- ↑ Inconsistent subcategory names...may be okay?
- ↑ The category "Construction" also already exists, and presumably the two categories need to be merged. Given the name of the meta-category, would Construction be the better choice? Yes, IMHO. Earthquake safety may not just fit under alternative.
- ↑ Huh?
- ↑ This seems more like agriculture
- ↑ Not here? But in ag?
- ↑ I have some trouble with this category being here. To me, this belongs in User resources. Reasoning: Supplies are not just materials, but more complex things like computers, switches, pumps, motors, solar panels. Also, "Services" (well drilling, cement delivery, translation, towing) seem closely related (potentially the same providers in some cases)
- ↑ seems related to Land Use...Community? Transportation with land use in community?
- ↑ Distinguish between human focus and freight?
- ↑ Lots of oddball possibilities, seems almost like you need some kind of "alternative" category for things like Hovercraft
- ↑ Where would tractors belong? Here, or agriculture? Are they a tool? Where are tools categorized?!?
- ↑ Is this legitimate? Seems like?
- ↑ Is this skateboards and Segways? Is this meant to include motorcycles /scooters /mopeds? They carry about 4 people in many parts of the world. Should we say 2 wheels, 2 axles, multiaxle? These don't seem natural... Perhaps we need to capture some article titles and see where the potential content takes us.
- ↑ Consider "Human powered" section, to include bicycling, skating, rollerblading, skateboarding, skiing, walking etc?
- ↑ Do hybrids and plug-in hybrids go here?
- ↑ This was not brought forward. If it was intentionally dropped, then remove this...
- ↑ Is it fair to merge these?
- ↑ Two tech briefs at Practical Action on Ropeways
- ↑ (Yamaplos)
- ↑ 1 member
- ↑ This seems similar to shelter in terms of human need. Buildings are not really essential...The larger term might be shelter, including buildings and clothing. But what about non-shelter structures like antenna towers and greenhouses, etc? Okay, so maybe clothing, as protection, belongs in "Health and safety"...along with Laundry...
- ↑ Options like, construction, transportation, community all seem to make sense. My personal bias is toward community, since it feels like a "city planning" question. But perhaps Transportation is also :-)
- ↑ Only 1 member
- ↑ existing name is singular
- ↑ Interesting. Tools are not an inherent human need, but a means to an end. Getting more philosophical, all technologies are tools, and so the whole site is about tools, but many tools are highly specialized. So the more general tools fall into the "tool" bucket. One could argue that Tools is a meta-topic, and that ICT belongs under tools. If we were to pursue that method (fine by me), then Education might belong under Community. I would also be fine with that.
- ↑ Currently, Knots is a subcategory of How_to