the impact of ict in the community

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The Impact Of ICT In my local Community

Overview

The Bolton area is a very large, developed, local area. It has good communication with the outside world. It is situated in northwest UK close to Manchester, one of UK’s major cities. It has easy access to the motorway so nobody is deprived of travel

and communication.

Here is a map showing how easy the access is to the town:

The area which I will focus on in this piece of coursework is shown by the arrow and is in the picture below:

The area is well equipped with ICT such as speed cameras traffic lights etc. and is under constant surveillance which minimizes crime and violence. Also the bus system and other services are well equipped for elderly people and the services are usually aided by ICT.

ICT’s effect on the local community

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ICT helps the community in many ways such as: security, health, safety and making services easy for the elderly youngsters and in between. The community is provided with a wide range of ICT systems in order to enable these and many other leisure services.

Security

In the community there are numerous banks, businesses, residential, areas and shops. These organisations need security. They are mostly equipped with burglar alarms, CCTV systems and heat sensing devices. These prevent theft and crime by warding off thieves and stopping them. This means they will not attempt any crime in that area.

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