Role of IT in environment and Health

2.  IT is often used to describe computers and computer networks, but it also
includes all layers of all systems within an organization from the
physical hardware to the operating
systems, applications, databases, storage, and servers.
 Telecommunication technologies, including internet, phones,
and cellular networks, are also part of an organization’s IT infrastructure.

3.  It has a significant hand in improving the
status in the fields of
• environmental education
• human health
• Business, economics, and culture or politics.
 The developing growth of the internet services and facilities, geographic
information system or GIS, and the data that gets transmitted through
satellites, etc. - Produced a higher affluence on Environment & Health.
 Variety of Software's - created for the health and environment studies in a
better way.
 Fairly user-friendly and Easy to understand.

4.  Collection of inter-related data on various subjects.
 Computerized form – Easily manageable - Retrieved whenever required.
 The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India has taken
up the task of compiling a database on various biotic communities. That
includes:
 Conservation database
 Wildlife database
 Forest cover database etc.
 Also for HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Fluorosis, etc.

5.  Environmental Information Technology-1982
 Aim: To provide environmental information to decision makers, policy planners,
engineers and scientists all over the country.
 Generates a network of database in areas like pollution control, clean technologies,
biodiversity, renewable energy, wildlife, environmental management and remote
sensing.
Objective:
1. To build up a repository and dissemination centre in Environmental Science and
Engineering.
2. To gear up modern technologies of acquiring, processing, storage, retrieval and
dissemination of information of environmental nature.
3. To promote research, development and innovation in environmental information
technology.
4. To provide national environmental information service relevant to meet the future
needs.

6.  National Management Information System
 Department of Science and Technology has compiled a database on Research and
Development Projects along with information about research scientists and personnel
involved.

7. Geographical Information System
 Very effective tool in environmental management - Technique of
superimposing various thematic maps - containing digital information on a
number of aspects like water resources, forest land, soil type, crop land,
industrial growth, human settlement etc - using digital data on a large
number of inter-related or inter-dependent aspects.
Applications:
1. GIS also provides information of atmospheric phenomenon like
approach of monsoon, ozone layer depletion, smog and inversion
phenomenon etc.
2. Planning for locating suitable areas for industrial growth is now being
done using GIS by preparing Zoning Atlas.
3. GIS and remote sensing play a key role in resource mapping,
environmental conservation and environmental impact assessment

8.  A Major role in
 Bioinformatics
 genome sequencing
 Biotechnology
 gene engineering
 online medical transcription
 Also in maintaining DTA databases for a better human health.
 Helps in identifying several disease-infected areas - based upon mapping
of such areas.
 Bioinformatics - Emerging field - Used in curing severe diseases like
osteoporosis and in human genome project (HGP).
 The aim of HGP is to create a map of entire set of genes (genome) in the
human cell by decoding the three billion units of human DNA.

9.  Provides vast quantum of information on different subjects including
human health and environment.
 The patient can seek help of a super-specialist doctor placed at far off
distance.
 The National Institute of Occupational Health provides computerized
information on occupational health of people working in various hazardous
and non-hazardous industries and safety measures etc.
 Recently, an American Company M-square started Home Medican
Transcription System (Hometrans) under which a medical online service
can be started from home.

10.  Environmental Information Technology-1982
 Aim: To provide environmental information to decision makers, policy planners,
engineers and scientists all over the country.
 Generates a network of database in areas like pollution control, clean technologies,
biodiversity, renewable energy, wildlife, environmental management and remote
sensing.
Objective:
1. To build up a repository and dissemination centre in Environmental Science and
Engineering.
2. To gear up modern technologies of acquiring, processing, storage, retrieval and
dissemination of information of environmental nature.
3. To promote research, development and innovation in environmental information
technology.
4. To provide national environmental information service relevant to meet the future
needs.

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