Editing Appropriate technology (section)

==In developed countries==
The term ''appropriate technology'' is also used in developed nations to describe the use of technology and engineering that result in less negative impacts on the environment and society, ''i.e.'', technology should be both environmentally sustainable and socially appropriate.<ref>Huesemann, M.H., and J.A. Huesemann (2011). [http://www.newtechnologyandsociety.org ''Technofix: Why Technology Won't Save Us or the Environment''], Chapter 13, "The Design of Environmentally Sustainable and Appropriate Technologies", New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada, 464 pp.</ref><ref name=nytimes08>Schneider, Keith. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/business/businessspecial2/26degree.html?scp=2&sq=%22appropriate+technology%22&st=nyt "Majoring in Renewable Energy."] 26 March 2008.</ref> [[E. F. Schumacher]] asserts that such technology, described in the book ''[[Small Is Beautiful]],''<ref>[[E. F. Schumacher|Schumacher, E. F.]]; ''Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered: 25 Years Later...With Commentaries''. [[Hartley & Marks Publishers]] {{ISBN|0-88179-169-5}}</ref> tends to promote values such as [[health]], [[beauty]] and permanence, in that order.

Often the type of appropriate technology that is used in developed countries is "appropriate and sustainable technology" (AST),<ref>{{cite web |url= https://mcedc.colorado.edu/research |title=Research &#124; Mortenson Center &#124; University of Colorado Boulder |work=mcedc.colorado.edu |year=2012 |access-date=December 2, 2012}}</ref> appropriate technology that, besides being functional and relatively cheap (though often more expensive than true AT), is durable and employs [[renewable resource]]s. AT does not include this (see [[Sustainable design]]).