Appropriate technology is local industries as an alternative to expensive and inappropriate imported technologies. Appropriate technology is an ideological movement (and its manifestations) originally articulated as “intermediate technology” by the economist Dr. Ernst Friedrich “Fritz” Schumacher in his influential work, Small is Beautiful. Read more.,.

Appropriated carrying capacity is a term used to describe the biophysical resource flows and waste assimilation capacity appropriated per unit time from global totals by a defined economy, population or related demographics. Read more.