Technology Environment

and Society
BE CIVIL IV/II
Marking

Final Exam:40
Internal marks: 10
Total: 50
INTERNAL MARKS
Class Performance:1
Attendance: 2
Presentation: 3
Assessment: 4
Course Contain

1. Technology
2. Development Approach
3. Brief History of Human Civilization
4. Environment
5. Water and Air Pollution
6. Climate Change
References

1. B.C Punmia, Ashok Kumar Jain and Arun Kuman

Jain, “Environmental Engineering”, Laxmi
Publications(p) Ltd, New Delhi, 1998
2. H.G. Wells, “Brief History of Civilization”
3. J. Neharu, “Glimps of World History”
 Technology

 Greek words
 Techne =Crafts
 Logy =Scientific study of
 Technology= Scientific study of craft
Definition

 “Technology is technical means, which involves the

systematic application of organized knowledge, and
tools and materials for the extension of human
faculties.”
 “Technology is defined as the purposeful application
of information in the design, production, and
utilization of goods and services and in the
organization of human activities.”
 Technology is the source of change in society
 Society

 Society is people living together in

communities sharing the same geographical or
social territory
Environment
Environment

 The surroundings or conditions in which a person,

animal, or plant lives or operates.
 Environment is defined as the immediate
surroundings which supports life and sustains
various human activities and comprises of
biotic(living things) and abiotic(non-living things)
components.
Features of Technology

 Knowledge based
 Evident in all cultures
 Fundamental to survival
 Extends our capabilities
 Accumulative
 Future oriented
 Observable
 Irreversible
 Useful servant but bad master
Purpose of Technology

 Improve quality of human lifestyle

 Provide solutions to our practical problems
 Alter societies through their impacts on pre-existing
economic and social structures.
 Develop individual knowledge
 Develop new area of knowledge
 Give information and explanation about the natural
world
Limitation of Technology

 Technology cant help anybody completely

 Needs human interventions to carry the functions
properly
 Dependant on personal value and belief of these
who use it
 Boundaries of technology expands until where there
is source, once its source is destroyed it becomes
useless.
Impacts of Technology on Environment

 POSITIVE ASPECT(ECO-FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY)

 Solar Energy--used of solar panels to provide electricity
 Geothermal energy
 Wind power --wind mills as source of energy
 Maintenance and sustainable caring of natural resource
 Disaster resilient technology
Impacts of Technology on Environment

 NEGATIVE ASPECT
 Most modern technology process unwanted by-products in addition to the desired products.
 The effect of technology on the environment are both obvious and subtle.
 The more obvious effects are depletion of non-renewable natural resources (such as petroleum ,coal)and
added pollution of air water and land.
 The more subtle effects include debates overlong term effects (e.g. .global warming, stratospheric ozone
layer depletion, deforestation ,coastal wetland loss)
 Each wave of technology creates a set of waste previously unknown by human :toxic waste radioactive
waste ,electronic waste. One of the main problem at last stage is proper management of these waste
 Pollution (noise,air,water)- wastes of technologies
 Conversion of forest land to urban areas
Impacts of Technology on society

 It is impossible to explore how each new advanced technology has impacted our
lives and how it will impact the future.

 Positive Impacts Of Technology On Society

 Technology Has Mechanized Agriculture
 Modern agricultural technology allows a small number of people to grow vast quantities of food in a
short period of time with less input which results into high yields and RIO ”return on investment”

 Technology Has Improved Transportation

 Transportation uses vehicles, trains, airplanes, motorbikes, people, roads, energy, information,
materials, finance and time.

 Technology Has Improved Communication

 People use technology to communicate with each other. Electronic media like radios, televisions,
internet, social media have improved the way we exchange ideas which can develop our societies.
 Technology Has Improved Education And Learning Process
 Technologies like smart whiteboards, computers, mobile phones, iPads, projectors, and
internet are being used in classrooms to boost students moral to learn. Visual education is
becoming more popular and
 it has proved to be the best method of learning in many subjects like mathematics, physics,
biology, geography, economics and much more

 Health
 Life span are longer injuries less life threatening and common aliments more easily cured –all
because of technology
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 Negative impacts of technology on society

 Resource Depletion
 The more demand for new technologies and advancement of current
technologies, the more pressure we put on earth’s natural resources
 This is good news for the manufactures, like Apple or Samsung, the demand
for their gadgets is high, but to sustain this demand, they have to exploit
Mother Nature for resources like aluminum, once these resources are
extracted from the earth plates, they will never return back because it took
them a billion years to mature.
 Increased Pollution
 has resulted in many manufacturing and processing factories. As they work so
hard to create the best technologies for both society and business, they release
harmful chemicals and gasses which have polluted our environment and this has
resulted in climate changes (global warming)
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 Unemployment to unskilled people

 New set of crime pattern
 People are getting isolated
 Addiction towards online games
 For instance is there really a justification for nations
coming up with bombs, nuclear weapons and
missiles to maintain security?
Benefits of technology due to new invention…

 First, the evolution of technology is beneficial to humans for several

reasons. At the medical level, technology can help treat more sick people
and consequently save many lives and combat very harmful viruses and
bacteria.
 The invention of the computer was a very important point. Communication
is thus enhanced, and companies can communicate more easily with
foreign countries. Research is also simplified.
 For companies, progress is saving in time and therefore in money.
Exchanges are faster especially with the internet. Sales and purchases
are now facilitated and possible worldwide. This allows businesses to buy
raw materials with discounts or at reduced prices.
 Similarly, global tourism has grown.
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 In the modern industrial world, machines carry out most of the agricultural and industrial
work and as a result, workers produce much more goods than a century ago and work less.
They have more time to exercise and work in safer environments.
 Education
 Research
 Globalization
 Distance Education
 each a much larger audience from greater geographic locations
 help students with busy schedules, freedom to work at home on their own time
 access to students of everything instructors present in the classroom
 train students to learn new technology skills they can use later in the work place
Conflicts of technology

 Man vs technology
 Conflict of capitalist and working class with mutually
opposite interest
 Technology and war