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

✍ Scribed by Cenan Al-Ekabi, Blandina Baranes, Peter Hulsroj, Arne Lahcen (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Wien
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 412
• Series: Yearbook on Space Policy
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
European Space Activities in the Global Context....Pages 3-132
Developments in Space Policies, Programmes and Technologies Throughout the World and in Europe....Pages 133-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Global Trends and Their Impact on Space....Pages 193-198
Space in a Changing World: The Future Regulation of Outer Space Technology, Warfare and International Law....Pages 199-208
New Space for Security?....Pages 209-219
Emerging Space Powers of Latin America: Argentina and Brazil....Pages 221-231
The Impact of China’s Rise in Space....Pages 233-240
Russia: Space Exploration and Development Prospects....Pages 241-269
India and Other Maturing Asian Space Enthusiasts....Pages 271-285
The Globalisation of Space Activities: The Implications for Europe and Possible Strategies to Pursue....Pages 287-332
Front Matter....Pages 333-333
Chronology: June 2012–December 2013....Pages 335-380
Bibliography of Space Policy Publications: July 2012–December 2013....Pages 381-389
Back Matter....Pages 391-404

✦ Subjects

Aerospace Technology and Astronautics; Political Science, general; Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space; Project Management; Public Administration