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Context (C)

Clarification of the contribution of the paper to the existing research. Don't hedge in the clarification sentence. (Thesis)

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Definitions (Def)

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Social and political instability has been increasing in sub-tropical arid and hyper-arid regions of the world, and has been attributed to economic crises, themselves exacerbated by an ensuing climate change and disrupted energy markets. Pressure on resources—including but not limited to arable soil, fresh water and energy—are mounting due to economy and population growth. Meanwhile, current economic policies are founded on flows of direct foreign investments and related regimes of intellectual property and controlled transfer of knowledge.

While the majority of suggested policy interventions tackle much-needed political and economic reforms, the attention given to the fragile and shrinking foundation of ecological resources is mostly focused on policies of conservation, adaptation and sustainability, with little effort dedicated to exploring the potentials of expanding such ecological foundation using regenerative development, contributing towards more economic, social and political stability.

What is the current level of individual maturity of the myriad of Open Source Appropriate Technologies (OSAT) and industrial processes? Are OSATs collectively moving towards integration, where, for example, an open-sourced micro-controller running open-sourced software becomes part of a open-sourced tractor, a well-digging rig or an aquaponics system? Can OSAT be effectively and efficiently used in regenerative development rapidly and widely enough to avert the worst effects of climate change and resource peaks? What are the policy obstacles hindering the emergence of an OSAT ecosystem? This MARM dissertation will show that a combination of literature analysis/synthesis and a field survey of OSAT are the most suitable methods to be applied in a later research project at doctoral level to answer the questions above.
