scholarly journals New Perspectives of the Environmental Analysis and Ecology Studies

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katerina Kabassi

Research on Environmental Analysis and Ecology provides academia with important papers significant technologies or case studies in the environment. A new interesting perspective that would be of interest to a wide readership is the use of Information and Communications Technologies in Environmental Analysis and Ecology. This may involve research and developments in the application of Information and Communication Technologies to the environment. Interesting topics on this subject involve: Environmental Software, Multi-Criteria Decision Making Analysis of environmental or ecological problems, Environmental Databases, Geographical Information Systems, Remote Sensing, etc. For this purpose, different review papers have been published. An interesting survey on environmental informatics in Europe until 2006 was presented by Pillman et al. [1]. Another interesting review is presented by Athanasiadis [2] who summarized the developments in environmental informatics that exploited agent technology. The synergies between environmental informatics and Knowledge Management are explored by Tochtermann & Maurer

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S2) ◽  
pp. s206-s209 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.G. Greenough ◽  
J.L. Chan ◽  
P. Meier ◽  
L. Bateman ◽  
S. Dutta

AbstractInformation and communication technologies, especially in the forms of mobile telecommunications, satellite imaging, and geographical information systems, promise to significantly improve the practice of humanitarian relief. A working group convened at the Humanitarian Action Summit 2009, has begun investigating the challenges to implementing these technologies in field operations, keeping in mind the ethical considerations of linking people to place, and pledging to build a community of practice among academics, practitioners, and developers.


2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Konieczny

Accompanied by growing literacy, information and communication technologies (ICT) have empowered states, organizations, but also – and perhaps most crucially – individuals, creating a more liberal and democratic environment. While also used as tools of social control, those technologies have often been used by revolutionaries and other agents of social change, aiding not only the surveillance state and for-profit organizations, but also individuals and non-state social actors, like social movements. In this paper I review literature on literacy and ICT, and, backed up by the results of a recent survey of international social movements, I conclude that at this pattern of empowerment, traceable throughout the human history, is continuing with the most recent information revolution.


LOGOS ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Miguel Arturo Vásquez Dávalos

RESUMENLas Tecnologías de Información y Comunicaciones se han desarrollado aceleradamente, dando paso al establecimiento de Sistemas de Información Gerencial, permitiendo una eficiente labor administrativa. El Ejército del Perú, como una de las principales Instituciones responsables de la Defensa Nacional y en cumplimiento de sus funciones, ha realizado grandes esfuerzos por una eficiente labor en la defensa externa e interna de nuestra Nación. Sin embargo, uno de los aspectos que no ha tenido en cuenta, es la modernización del abastecimiento, empleando las Tecnologías de Información y Comunicaciones, para un Sistema de Información Gerencial en el Ejército que le permita una eficiente labor en el marco del cumplimiento de su rol Constitucional. Con este estudio se pretendió generar aportes, que contribuyan a la solución de la problemática que se presenta en esta Institución. Para ello, se utilizó la metodología científica en el desarrollo de sus partes metodológicas, empleando el instrumento del cuestionario, el mismo que se aplicó a los integrantes del Comando Logístico del Ejército. El diseño de la investigación corresponde a un nivel descriptivo- correlacional y la metodología adoptada fue básicamente inductiva- deductiva.La investigación está concluida en todos los aspectos que responden a sus objetivos trazados, con el fin de que sirva como aporte tanto académico como profesional, tomándose como modelo para futuros trabajos. Por lo expuesto anteriormente, se vislumbró como propósito el establecimiento de un sistema de abastecimiento, empleando las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicaciones en el Ejército del Perú y su incidencia en la Defensa Nacional. PALABRA CLAVE: Tecnologías de informacion y comunicaciones en la Defensa Nacional. ABSTRACTThe Information and Communications technologies have developed rapidly, allowing the establishment of Managerial Information Systems that enable efficient administrative work. The Army of Peru, as one of the main institutions upon which the National Defense rest, in fulfilling its functionshas made great efforts working efficiently on the internal and external defense of our nation. However,one aspect that has not been taken into consideration is the modernization of supply using the Information and Communications technologies for a Managerial Information System in the Army that allows for efficient work in the fulfillment of its constitutional role. The objective of this study was to generate inputs that contribute to the solution of the problematic presented in this institution.For this,the scientific methodology was used in the development of methodological parts using the instrument of the questionnaire,the same that was applied to members of the Army Logistics Command. The design of the investigation corresponds to a descriptive- correlational level, and the methodology used was basically inductive- deductive.The investigation is completed in all respects that meet their stated goals with the objective of being useful as a contribution to both academic and professional fields and being taken as a model for future work. According to what was stated above,the establishment of a supply system using technologies of information and communications in the Army of Peru with a significant impact in the national defense. KEY WORD: Technologies of information and communications in the National Defense.


Author(s):  
Lee Allen

In this chapter, the various ways technologies have exerted influence upon cultures and societies since the dawn of human existence is examined. Be it man-made fire, sharpened stone tools and weapons, or cave paintings, humans are always inventing “something” to sustain or improve their lives and/or livelihoods, and generally make their existence more tolerable – and comfortable. The culture surrounding and thus influenced by technological advances differs from traditional definitive criteria of groups. A technologically-influenced society and culture is identified by its populace's ability to access and use its defining technologies. Nowadays social communication and interactions often occur with others across cultures, continents and socioeconomic systems as constantly evolving information technologies emerge as communication tools. In order to understand the role of technology's influence on our societies, we must understand the historical significance of various information and communications technologies' influence on culture and how changes in our interactions and relationships across all groups have occurred as a result.


2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 308 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Rodger ◽  
A. Skuse ◽  
M. Wilmore ◽  
S. Humphreys ◽  
J. Dalton ◽  
...  

This paper examines how pregnant women living in South Australia use information and communication technologies (ICTs), principally Internet and mobile phones, to access pregnancy-related information. It draws on 35 semistructured interviews conducted as part of the ‘Health-e Baby’ project, a qualitative study designed to assess the information needs and ICT preferences of pregnant women cared for at a South Australian metropolitan teaching hospital. Our research shows that although ICTs offer exciting possibilities for health promotion and the potential for new forms of communication, networking and connection, we cannot assume the effectiveness of communicating through such channels, despite near universal levels of ICT access. In turn, this highlights that if e-mediated health promotion is to be effective, health promoters and practitioners need to better understand ICT access, usage and content preferences of their clients.


Author(s):  
Olga Sergeevna Tolstova

The purpose of the article is to identify and substantiate the innovative pedagogical searches in the field of the use of constantly developing information and communications technologies (ICT) in Russia and China. A comparative analysis of types of teaching was carried out taking into account the active use of information and communications technologies. Chinese experience is of great interest to Russian teachers due to the rich Chinese philosophy, national traditions and pedagogical knowledge. Russia and China have deep historical, integration, economic and cultural ties. The system of Chinese education brought the country to the leading position in the world and to the second place in the economy. The author reveals similarities in the education system of Russia and China. Positive achievements in the education systems of each of these countries are mutually enriching each other, acquiring a global character. At the same time, the Chinese education system has a number of achievements that have to be integrated into the Russian education system. The study compares the traditional and innovative types of teaching in Russia and China in terms of indicators: an approach to teaching, a dominant idea, a goal, centering on the subject of activity, teacher (instructor) roles, student roles, values on which a teacher (an instructor) relies, advantages, disadvantages, main results. The study identifies the essential characteristics of the types of teaching and makes it possible to establish that, at a theoretical level, the traditional and innovative types of teaching are opposed, but in practice they organically combine, complement and reinforce each other. China's experience in the use of ICTs in education is invaluable in the implementation of the modernization of education in Russia.


2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Denison ◽  
Graeme Johanson

Abstract This paper aims to fill an international gap in knowledge about the adoption of information and communication technologies by third sector organisations. In Australia, the United Kingdom, USA, and Canada, such research that exists into the usefulness of the spread of ICT into community-based organizations, is limited in its coverage and by its tendency to rely on a management approach to analysis. This paper summarizes findings of all of the identifiable surveys, compares their findings, and proposes the use of Social Network Theory as a more useful lens through which to analyse current developments.


2008 ◽  
pp. 93-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulderico Alviola ◽  
Editha Cagasan

This study aimed to describe how the information and communications technologies (ICTs) are being appropriated or adapted by farmers and extension workers to fit their day-to-day activities and to find out the consequences of using ICTs from the point of view of farmers and extension workers. This study followed a qualitative case study design. Informants were identified using the snowball sampling technique. A total of 23 informants were interviewed, 13 of which were farmers and 10 were extension workers. Data were gathered using in-depth and unstructured interviews. The grounded theory analysis was used to generate a model that describes how ICTs are appropriated by farmers and extension workers in Borongan, Eastern Samar. As shown by the model, the primary intentions for using ICTs were not agriculture-related. But because of certain facilitating factors, ICT use was later modified to fit the needs and lifestyle of farmers and extension workers. Their use of ICTs for agricultural purposes led to the following consequences: 1) savings in money and time; 2) fast access to information and instant communication; 3) convenience; 4) increased knowledge; 5) easier and faster accomplishment of job; 6) improved livelihood; 7) lessening of worries, dismay and embarassment; 8) increased demand for information and technical assistance from clients and 8) people’s increased interest to learn.


First Monday ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan R. Peslak

Information and communications technologies (ICT) have had uneven deployment both between nations and within nations. These differences in the use of ICT and the Internet are part of the “digital divide”, an uneven distribution of information and communications technologies and the benefits that accrue from their use. This article examines electronic initiatives to improve implementation of ICT throughout the world and proposes a multi–level national electronic initiative framework (NEIF) including fundamental guiding doctrines, general directives, specific domain areas of activity, and finally deliverables. This framework can serve as a guide to national and NGO (non–governmental) organizations to improve access and utilization of ICT and reduce the digital divide.


2014 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 53-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dahiru Magawata

Climate change is widely rec ognized as one of the most complex challenges that humankind has to face in the next decades. As agriculture is likely to suffer the biggest impacts, sound adaptation processes are required to sustain agricultural production and food system as a whole. IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change, stressed the ability of decision-makers to manage information as an important factor determining the chance for a community to adapt to climate change. We all know that information and communications technologies (ICTs) have revolutionized our world. ICTs are also very vital to confronting the problems we face as a planet the threat of climate change. Indeed ICTs are part of the solution. Already these technologies are being used to cut emissions and help countries adapt to the effects of climate change. This is one of the reasons why the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can play an important role in this challenge


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