Copyright Information Technology s Role E fficient access to enough, and correct data, can help decide how the future development of nations and societies can be realized efficiently and without harmful effects on the environment.
Information technology can have a doubly beneficial effect here.
Other benefits derive from the growth of telecommuting and videoconferencing, which can bring about energy savings by reducing the need for travel. Other features of new information technologies are also significant. For years, researchers lacked the computational capability for analyzing data and performing the intensive mathematical modeling needed to fathom many environmental problems. Although a vast amount of information has already been generated and archived, scientists have been unable to pull it all together to speed and improve their decision-making. Adding to the problem has been the lack of common language and understanding among scientists, planners, policy makers and other decision makers.