Yearbook on Space Policy 2012/2013 - Space in a Changing World

The Yearbook on Space Policy is the reference publication analyzing space policy developments. Each year it presents issues and trends in space policy and the space sector as a whole. Its scope is global and its perspective is European. The Yearbook also links space policy with other policy areas. It highlights specific events and issues, and provides useful insights, data and information on space activities. The Yearbook on Space Policy is edited by the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) based in Vienna, Austria. It combines in-house research and contributions of members of the European Space Policy Research and Academic Network (ESPRAN), coordinated by ESPI. The Yearbook is designed for government decision-makers and agencies, industry professionals, as well as the service sectors, researchers and scientists and the interested public.

List of contents

European space activities in the global context.- Global trends and their impact on space.- India and other maturing Asian space enthusiasts.- The globalisation of space activities.- New space for security.- The impact of China's rise in space.- Russia: Space exploration and development prospects.- Emerging space powers of Latin America: Argentina and Brazil.- The future regulation of outer space.- Chronology: June 2012-December 2013.

Summary

The Yearbook on Space Policy is the reference publication analyzing space policy developments. Each year it presents issues and trends in space policy and the space sector as a whole. Its scope is global and its perspective is European. The Yearbook also links space policy with other policy areas. It highlights specific events and issues, and provides useful insights, data and information on space activities. The Yearbook on Space Policy is edited by the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) based in Vienna, Austria. It combines in-house research and contributions of members of the European Space Policy Research and Academic Network (ESPRAN), coordinated by ESPI. The Yearbook is designed for government decision-makers and agencies, industry professionals, as well as the service sectors, researchers and scientists and the interested public.

Product details

• Assisted by: Cenan Al-Ekabi (Editor), Blandin Baranes (Editor), Blandina Baranes (Editor), Peter Hulsroj (Editor), Peter Hulsroj et al (Editor), Arne Lahcen (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Wien
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2015
• EAN: 9783709118269
• ISBN: 978-3-7091-1826-9
• No. of pages: 404
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 241 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 760 g
• Illustrations: XVI, 404 p. 59 illus., 58 illus. in color.
• Series: Yearbook on Space Policy; Yearbook on Space Policy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Aviation and space engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; B, Political Science, International Law, astronautics, engineering, Political science & theory, Public Administration, Project management, Public International Law, Law of the Sea, Aerospace engineering, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space