- Home
- Books
- Towards a Sustainable Future
- Chapter
Mapping the existing energy connectivity
- Author: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- Main Title: Towards a Sustainable Future , pp 27-32
- Publication Date: March 2016
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/0a1b3a44-en
- Language: English
Throughout human history, different phases of globalization and development are tied to innovations in infrastructure connectivity. Recent studies on the history of technology find that Europe’s integration began about a century earlier than the formal establishment of the European Community in 1951; infrastructure networks covering energy, transport and communications links have been the essence of European integration. Centuries ago, Asia, too, was well-connected, as the Silk Road created prosperous clusters of towns and trading posts. The Silk Route was a major channel for trade and the transfer of technology — it promoted knowledge-sharing on administrative practices such as standardized weights and measures, a system of numerical notation and identification, the labeling of commercial goods, and the opening of far-flung colonies
-
From This Site
/content/books/9789210597265c006dcterms_title,dcterms_subject,pub_keyword-contentType:Journal -contentType:Contributor -contentType:Concept -contentType:Institution105