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Achieving sustainability is one of the great policy objectives of our time. It is a global concept and it comprises a huge set of policy areas. Its main idea is to maintain the longevity of the global ecosystem safeguarding humanity’s further development or even survival. Achieving sustainability does not only rest on political will. But it also needs instruments and, this book is about a specific instrument, which would provide a sound basis for decision-makers to find the right solutions: the use of space, in more concrete terms the use of application satellites. The aim of the contributors to his volume is to demonstrate the benefits that can be derived from the use of satellite applications in coping with the threats and risks today’s global society is facing and how space applications can provide efficient tools for dealing with the policy challenges to achieve sustainability.
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Schrogl, KU., Mathieu, C., Lukaszczyk, A., Blamont, J. (2009). Setting the Stage. In: Schrogl, KU., Mathieu, C., Lukaszczyk, A. (eds) Threats, Risks and Sustainability — Answers by Space. Studies in Space Policy, vol 2. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-87450-9_1
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