ABSTRACT
The utility of Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing has become indispensable in various industrial sectors. This chapter provides a brief insight into the application of IoT and cloud computing in education, entertainment, transportation, manufacturing, healthcare and agriculture. Besides, it also discusses the future opportunities for such emerging technologies in these sectors. Further, there have been massive developments in the field of cloud computing which has played a crucial role in ensuring a proper learning environment and resources. The entertainment industry has also seen changes similar to the ones in the education industry. The transportation and logistics industry was impacted heavily during the COVID-19 pandemic. With technologies breaking benchmarks time and again, technology will soon make a huge difference with respect to transportation. The need and ability to control various aspects of a manufacturing pipeline remotely and wirelessly has been a domain of interest for many researchers and scholars and the need is increasing day by day. The healthcare industry envisions transforming a hospital-centric approach into a complete healthcare experience at the comfort of your home using the latest technologies including IoT and cloud computing. This crisis due to the pandemic has forced farmers to look towards technology;therefore, IoT-based agricultural solutions have become popular all across the world. Finally, this chapter also discusses the future opportunities provided by these technologies in handling the day-to-day livelihood during such pandemic disasters. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
ABSTRACT
Flood related disaster is a yearly phenomenon in a State like Assam which brings miseries to the lives and livestock of its people. The ongoing COVID 19 pandemic had added more adversities to the flood victims of Assam. The sorry plight of these flood affected victims where they are forced to battle the flood situation and COVID-19 pandemic simultaneously with limited resources. The objective of the study was to identify the vulnerable communities as well as to record the confirmed COVID 19 cases of these districts which require emergency preparedness to tackle flood and COVID 19 related issues promptly. The study explored that an unprepared district and community is more prone to flood where as a crowded city like Kamrup Metro is prone to COVID 19 pandemic. Hence, Kamrup requires immediate emergency plans to be implemented to curtain the rate of SARS-CoV2 virus spread whereas the flood affected districts of Goalpara, Barpeta, etc. require immediate emergency plans for flood management so as to minimise the spread of the virus, as avoidance of crowding and maintenance of social distance are important parameters for minimising the spread of the virus, which unfortunately becomes impossible to maintain in relief centres due to limited space and over-crowding. Study explored that in comparison to the flood affected population, the number of relief centres were very less and were compelled to accommodate large numbers of people which exceeded the normal capacity, thereby facilitating an easy spread of the virus. © 2022, World Research Association. All rights reserved.