Development is challenged by, at least until 2050, a strong population, more severe environmental strains, growing mobility, and dwindling energy resources. All these factors will lead to serious consequences for humankind. Inadequate agricultural resources, water supply and non renewable energy sources, epidemics, climate change, and natural disasters will further heavily impact human life. The European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) sheds a new light on threats, risks and sustainability by combining approaches from various disciplines. It analyzes what could be the contribution of space tools to predict, manage and mitigate those threats. It aims at demonstrating that space is not a niche but has become an overarching tool in solving today’s problems.
Author(s): Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Charlotte Mathieu, Agnieszka Lukaszczyk
Edition: 1
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 331
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Copyright
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Table of contents
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CHAPTER 1 Setting the stage
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1.1 Space and sustainability
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1.2 The synergy of global threats
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CHAPTER 2 Knowledge
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2.1 Overview
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2.2 Knowledge: understanding our place in the universe
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2.3 Sustainability on earth: space sciences supporting
related research
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2.4 Knowledge, data and global sustainability:
the role of space-based assets
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CHAPTER 3 Environment
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3.1 Overview
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3.2 Climate change and sustainability
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3.3 The contribution of earth observation to environmental
monitoring and Global Monitoring for Environment
and Security (GMES)
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3.4 Environmental threats and space responses
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CHAPTER 4 Resources
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4.1 Overview
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4.2 Food security and climate change: remote sensing
and sustainable agricultural development
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4.3 The use of space technologies for effective
and sustainable responses to food insecurity threats
in Africa
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4.4 Threats, risks and sustainability: answers from
space earth observation data for the management
of renewable resources
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CHAPTER 5 Energy
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5.1 Overview
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5.2 Achieving sustainable and secure energy
supplies in a carbon-constrained world
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5.3 Remote sensing for sustainable hydrocarbon
exploration and reservoir monitoring
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5.4 Sustainable energy supply on earth – can space
contribute?
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CHAPTER 6 Mobility
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6.1 Overview
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6.2 Threats, risks and sustainability – the challenges
to mobility
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6.3 How space systems help to address the challenges
associated with sustainability in the field of mobility
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6.4 Telematic solutions based on space technology
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CHAPTER 7 Security
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7.1 Overview
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7.2 The European contribution to sustainable security
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7.3 The global and European security context: a proposal
for space
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7.4 Space for security and security in space
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CHAPTER 8 Conclusions and Recommendations
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Conclusions and recommendations
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About the authors
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List of acronyms
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List of figures and tables
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