Managing the Environmental Impact of Information Technology

2011 ◽  
pp. 433-439
Author(s):  
Laurel Evelyn Dyson
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Computer Technology ◽  
Ecological Impact ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Manufacturing Processes ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
The Impact

This article explores a much under-researched field of ethics: the impact of information technology (IT) on the environment. Reducing the ecological impact of IT requires a holistic approach including better design of computers, the development of non-polluting manufacturing processes, and effective management strategies. The latter have received much attention in recent years. The three main areas of management focus have been the problems of hardware disposal, the energy consumed by computer technology in operation, and paper usage by printers and photocopiers.

Behavioral Impacts Associated With Students With Disabilities in Australian Schools

2022 ◽  
pp. 1268-1294
Author(s):  
Anthony Charles Tencati
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Australian School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Australian Curriculum ◽  
Curriculum Assessment ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
A Priority ◽  
The Impact

This chapter explores the link between students with disabilities, the behaviours they exhibit, the impact this has on their schooling, and the impact upon others. The author's school has a population of about 1,000 students, of whom over 10 percent have verified disabilities. According to Education Council (2016), data regarding the number of students with disabilities is inconsistent between schools in Australia's states and territories, however, there are schools throughout Australia that have large numbers of students with verified disabilities. This is reinforced by the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (2018) where in 2017 there were about 18.8 percent of Australian school students with a verified disability. It is not surprising, therefore, that these statistics are concerning and research continues to be a priority. Identifying appropriate pedagogies and more effective management strategies for these students will benefit them, their families, and the community, and contribute to solving pressing issues in these students' lives.

scholarly journals The impact of electronic stores’ use of information technology on customer satisfaction: The case of Amazon company E-marketing: أثر استخدام المتاجر الإلكترونية لتكنولوجيا المعلومات على رضا العملاءحالة دراسية: شركة أمازون للتسويق الإلكتروني

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelmo’ti Suleiman Abdelmo’ti Abu Al-Rub
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Maximum Benefit ◽  
Electronic Marketing ◽  
The Impact

Information and technology (IT) is considered as an important component of business activity because it provides accurate information that helps senior management accelerate their decision-making. It is worth noting that information technology and its uses are constantly changing, making it important to accommodate to all these changes. Therefore, it is imperative for business organizations, including electronic stores, to exploit them to achieve the maximum benefit so that it can achieve its goals and satisfy its customers. Hence, the problem of this study is to investigate the impact of the use of electronic stores of information technology on customer satisfaction? The importance of the study stems from the fact that it addresses an important element worthy of study, knowing the impact of electronic stores’ use of information technology on customer satisfaction. The study was based on the following main hypothesis: There is no statistically significant effect at (α = 0.05) level between IT and customer satisfaction. According to the study's objectives and hypotheses, a questionnaire was designed and distributed to a random sample including 250 customers of Amazon Electronic Marketing Company in Riyadh. A descriptive analytical method was used in data analysis according to the literature review dealing with the topic of the study. Therefore, the study recommended the concerned parties to use information technology in their management strategies and activities because of the benefits provided by information technology in improving the quality of services provided to customers, which, in return, impacts positively on their satisfaction.

scholarly journals Seed Biology of Witchgrass (Panicum capillare L.) Ensures Its Success Under Different Environmental Conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanwen Wu ◽  
Md Asaduzzaman ◽  
Adam Shephard ◽  
Xiaoyan Ma
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Moisture Stress ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Weed Species ◽  
Seed Biology ◽  
Control Climate ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Emergence Patterns ◽  
The Impact

Witchgrass (Panicum capillare L.) is a summer growing grass weed species and is increasing its prevalence in southern Australia. A better understanding of the seed biology is needed to effectively manage this weed. A series of field and laboratory studies were conducted to determine seed germination factors, field emergence patterns, and soil seedbank longevity. Witchgrass germination was stimulated by light and it germinated better at temperature over 20°C, with 93–100% germination at the two constant temperatures of 20 and 30°C, and the two alternating day/night temperatures of 30/25 and 35/25°C. It is highly tolerant to moisture stress at germination, with 2–7% germination even at −0.48 Mpa. Witchgrass seed lost 47–68% viability after 12 months of burial in the soil, however the seed persisted for more than 4 years if buried at 10 cm in the soil. Witchgrass emergence in southern New South Wales (NSW) commenced in mid spring (early October), with peak emergence of 63–83% in November and then significantly reduced to 16–37% emergence in December. Little emergence (<1%) occurred in the summer months from January to February. These results provide useful information for designing effective management strategies and the optimum timing of control. Climate change could favor the phenological development and the further spread of this weed, which present new challenges for its effective management. Further study is needed to investigate the impact of climate change on the biology, spread, and management of witchgrass.

Financing Protected Areas: The Social and Environmental Impact Bond's Role in Terrestrial Protected Area Sustainability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise O'Flynn ◽  
Stephen Schweinsberg ◽  
Stephen Wearing
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
The Social ◽  
Potential Applicability ◽  
Alternative Finance ◽  
The Impact

Insufficient funding for terrestrial protected areas is a global challenge, and the ability of a protected area management agency to secure sustainable financing is an obstacle in the effective management of these important areas. While the role of public sector agencies in establishing, financing, and managing protected areas, and in providing a supportive legislative and policy environment will remain essential into the future; the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recommends that alternative finance mechanisms be adopted to help achieve financial sustainability. With this recommendation in mind, one approach is to look to other policy areas which traditionally rely on governments as their primary funding source, to understand the alternative finance mechanisms they have adopted and appraise the suitability of these mechanisms for terrestrial protected areas. One alternative finance mechanism is the social and environmental impact bond which is a subset of impact investment and an example of a pay for success or results-based contract. This paper reviews literature on the social and environmental impact bond with a view to assessing its potential applicability to assist in the effective management of terrestrial protected areas that fall within the management categories defined by the IUCN. Three examples of existing and proposed impact bonds with an environment focus are explored, including the world’s first environmental impact bond in Washington D.C., the publicly offered Atlanta environmental impact bond and the proposed wildlife conservation bond in South Africa. The selected impact bonds will help to illustrate the establishment, operation, and evaluation of impact bonds in a real-world context. It will be argued that the social and environmental impact bond can be a useful finance model for a range of uses in a variety of social sectors and conservation settings, including terrestrial protected areas. The paper further considers how the impact bond might result in both improved social and/or environmental outcomes as well as the perceived challenges associated with this alternative finance mechanism. While the focus of this paper is on terrestrial protected areas, the lessons discussed may also be applicable to marine protected areas.

Behavioral Impacts Associated With Students With Disabilities in Australian Schools

2020 ◽  
pp. 54-80
Author(s):  
Anthony Charles Tencati
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Australian School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Australian Curriculum ◽  
Curriculum Assessment ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
A Priority ◽  
The Impact

This chapter explores the link between students with disabilities, the behaviours they exhibit, the impact this has on their schooling, and the impact upon others. The author's school has a population of about 1,000 students, of whom over 10 percent have verified disabilities. According to Education Council (2016), data regarding the number of students with disabilities is inconsistent between schools in Australia's states and territories, however, there are schools throughout Australia that have large numbers of students with verified disabilities. This is reinforced by the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (2018) where in 2017 there were about 18.8 percent of Australian school students with a verified disability. It is not surprising, therefore, that these statistics are concerning and research continues to be a priority. Identifying appropriate pedagogies and more effective management strategies for these students will benefit them, their families, and the community, and contribute to solving pressing issues in these students' lives.

Ecological Impact of a 4-km Causeway on an Arctic Environment

1984 ◽  
Vol 16 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 387-397
Author(s):  
J M Colonell ◽  
G A Robilliard
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Ecological Impact ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Beaufort Sea ◽  
Regulatory Agencies ◽  
Arctic Environment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Prudhoe Bay

The Prudhoe Bay Causeway is a gravel-fill structure that extends 4 km into the Beaufort Sea at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Concern over the impact of this structure on the marine Arctic environment prompted regulatory agencies to require owners of the causeway to sponsor a multidisciplinary monitoring program that encompasses the physical and biological realms of possible impact. This paper describes how such concerns are being addressed and also includes results of the initial studies of possible environmental impact of the causeway.

Formation of Environmental Impacts in Energy Conversion Processes Revealed by a Novel Exergoenvironmental Analysis

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lutz Meyer ◽  
Jens Buchgeister ◽  
George Tsatsaronis ◽  
Liselotte Schebek
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Ecological Impact ◽  
Economic Problem ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Exergy Destruction ◽  
Conversion System ◽  
Energy Conversion System ◽  
The Impact

An exergoenvironmental analysis has been developed that reveals to what extent each component of an energy conversion system is responsible for the overall environmental impact, and identifies the sources of the impact. The approach of the exergoeconomic analysis is modified to deal, instead with an economic problem, with an evaluation of the ecological impact. The basic idea is that exergy represents a proper basis for assigning both costs and environmental impact in energy conversion processes. As a case study, an energy conversion system consisting of a high-temperature solid oxide fuel cell integrated with an allothermal biomass gasification process has been analyzed. The exergoenvironmental analysis allows to identify the environmentally most relevant system components and provides information about possibilities for design improvements. A special focus is laid on the role of exergy destruction. It is shown that the location of the exergy destruction in the process has influence on the resulting environmental impacts. A certain amount of exergy destruction leads to a different extent to environmental impacts depending on the position of the component where the exergy destruction occurs. The exergoenvironmental analysis reveals the thermodynamic inefficiencies that have the greatest environmental impacts.

scholarly journals Analysis of Interurban Mobility in University Students: Motivation and Ecological Impact

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (24) ◽  
pp. 9348
Author(s):  
Javier Cruz-Rodríguez ◽  
Amalia Luque-Sendra ◽  
Ana de las Heras ◽  
Francisco Zamora-Polo
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
University Students ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Ecological Impact ◽  
Complex Issue ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The management of mobility in large cities is a complex issue of great interest due to its economic, social, and environmental impact. In this work, the interurban mobility of engineering students from two campuses of the University of Seville is studied. Specifically, this work carries out an analysis of the preferences of students in terms of mobility to their study centres and determines the environmental impact of such mobility in terms of kg of CO2 per student. Three constructs can be found to describe the motivation for their choice of transport: those related to comfort and speed, those related to sustainability and price, and those related to safety. Based on the responses obtained, groups of students are established that enable the design of specific actions in accordance with each of the profiles. From the analysis of the results obtained, recommendations are made for policymakers, and a reflection is given on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on this issue.

The Use of ERP Systems to Determine the Impact of the Company on the Environment

2014 ◽  
Vol 1036 ◽  
pp. 903-908
Author(s):  
Izabela Horzela ◽  
Bożena Szczucka-Lasota ◽  
Tomasz Węgrzyn ◽  
Wojciech Majewski
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Manufacturing Processes ◽  
Erp Systems ◽  
Environmental Programs ◽  
Regular Monitoring ◽  
The Impact

ERP systems help organizations to monitor and report on environmental factors, both in the area of individual plants or entire companies. Regular monitoring and analyzing indicators of impact of the company on the environmental enable organizations to determine the effects of the implemented environmental programs. Article concerns the monitoring and reporting of environmental impact in relation to the use of raw materials and semi-finished products in manufacturing processes.

scholarly journals Mining Employees Safety and the Application of Information Technology in Coal Mining: Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Yang ◽  
Getnet Engeda Birhane ◽  
Junqi Zhu ◽  
Jichao Geng
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Coal Mining ◽  
Active Sites ◽  
Human Error ◽  
Mining Sites ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Unsafe Behaviors ◽  
The Impact

Background: Though the introduction of modern safer underground coal mining methods and automation, mine accidents still cause loss of lives, time, and money. This paper aims to analyze in detail the causes of safety and environmental issues in the coal mining industry, as well as the impact of IoT on coal mining.Method: A systematic review was conducted. A comprehensive search involving Web of Science, Google Scholar, Scopus, and Science direct databases was conducted using a combination of the following keywords: mining accidents, coal mining injuries, human error in mining, intelligent mining, etc. The inclusion criteria: (1) the study was published between January 2000 and June 2020; (2) the participants were coal mining employees/coal mining accidents and accidents were work-related; (3) the study focused on identifying causes of coal mining safety issues or accidents, factors that influence unsafe behaviors and accidents in coal mining, coal mining rescue management, coal mining rescue plan, coal mining environmental impact, mining information technology, intelligent mining; (4) the study was published in a refereed journal; (5) the study was written in English. In this paper, articles were retained if they were original studies.Results: A total of 59 papers were reviewed in detail. Safety issues in coal mining and the impact of IoT were identified and categorized into three main factors: general safety issues, environmental factors, and mining information technology. Recently, the coal mines had become mechanized and automated leading to improved safety, productivity, and cost. However, Human factors such as lack of appropriate skill, lack of experience, perceptual error, and unsafe behaviors, as well as lack of detailed emergency rescue plan were the leading causes of coal mining injuries. Furthermore, abandoned mining sites' carbon emission is greater than active sites.Conclusion: The study recommends further research to be conducted using different psychological models to understand human factors and design effective safety management systems. And the environmental impact of abandoned mining sites should be given due attention.

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