Progress is an inevitable process that is bound to take place in any civilization; otherwise, a rapid decay is unavoidable. However, when the stakes on technological advances are too high, progress comes at a price. Because of the negative effects that newest technologies have on nature in general and environment in particular, the reasonability of progressing with no regard for the probable consequences must be questioned.
In the given paper, the positive and the negative effects of the newest technologies in developing countries are compared in order to consider the possible outcomes of the future advances and come up with the means to prevent technologies from causing more harm, at the same time avoiding the possible technological regress.
Therefore, the research topic for the given paper is Technology and Environment. Though it will also be necessary to mention the positive outcomes of the use of technology, in the given research, its developing negative impact on the environment is going to be considered.
Among the issues that are currently on the agenda of the environmental issues in developing countries, such problems as pollution, global warming and the following climate change, as well as the exhaustion of natural resources are going to be viewed through a critical lens.
To address the problem efficiently, several papers have been studied. Each of the above-mentioned researches has contributed to the objectivity of the given paper, allowing to address each side of the argument. To be more exact, each article addresses a specific issue related to the technological innovations and the developing states.
To start with, the contamination issue, which is the greatest threat posed by technological advances to the developing countries, is considered in Jen Fela’s article Developing countries face e-waste crisis (2009) in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment published by The Ecological Society of America.
The article by Mertz, Halsnaes, Olensen and Rasmussen sheds the light on the issue of natural resources reduction (2009) in Adaptation to climate change in developing countries in Environmental Management, 43(5). The problem concerning the emerging diseases is addressed in Pisani’s paper The cancer burden and the cancer control in developing countries (2010) in Environmental Health 10(Suppl. 1):S2.
The impact of technology on modern people and the future generations is yet to be studied. In addition, the aforementioned climate change will possibly trigger new diseases; hence, the results of the technology effects must be considered more closely. Supposedly, with the help of the results of the given research, it will be possible to find a compromise between technological development and environmental stability.
The impact of technology on modern people and the future generations is yet to be studied. In addition, the aforementioned climate change will possibly trigger new diseases; hence, the results of the technology effects must be considered more closely.
Supposedly, with the help of the results of the given research, it will be possible to find a compromise between technological development and environmental stability. Therefore, the given research embraces the major issues that technological advances cause in developing countries.
The given paper uses a fairly simple methodology. With the help of the sampling method as a part of a quantitative research, the most graphic examples of environmental changes are going to be introduced. As far as the qualitative research goes, the analysis of the data, the identification of the key negative factors and the possible solutions are going to be offered.
Although the issue of climate has been brewing for quite long, and the problem seems to have been discussed far and wide, and a number of measures have been undertaken, the conflict between technology and environment remains unresolved in most of the developing states, which predetermines the significance of the given research.
The results of the given research will supposedly help distill the possible means to prevent the negative effects of technological advances from occurring in developing countries.