As of March 2026, this website is no longer being updated. I now work mainly on climate issues, especially in Brighton and Hove, and new work can be found on the website of Climate:Change, our independent think-tank on socially inclusive action in the City: www.climatechangebh.org.uk.
Meanwhile, however, this website has over 850 entries, mostly representing my work on international development from 2010-2025. Among much else, there are over 50 book reviews, more than 20 papers and training cases on bridging research and policy and on managing think-tanks, nearly 100 articles on climate change, and many papers on other topics, including aid, food security and nutrition, and the future of international development. See ‘Topics and Themes’ for more details. I can be reached at sm@simonmaxwell.net.
Food, survival and appropriate development
'Food, survival and appropriate development' in D.P. Maguire (ed) Appropriate Development for Basic Needs, Institution of Civil Engineers, Thomas Telford, London 1991
This volume contains the proceedings of the conference on "Appropriate development for survival: the contribution of technology", held in London in October 1990. The first series of papers focus on appropriate development, i.e. a development process that is sustainable and effective in meeting the peoples' basic needs, and on the contribution of appropriate technology to this process. Constraints on, and prospects for appropriate technological development are discussed and related to food security, energy consumption and generation, water, sanitation and infrastructure. The management, planning and choice of technology are also considered. Detailed examinations of applications of appropriate technology for sustainable development in the energy, water and sanitation, and infrastructural sectors are included