Space Supporting Africa

Volume 1: A Primary Needs Approach and Africa's Emerging Space Middle Powers
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-12172-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 20, 305 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 653 g

Reihe: Studies in Space Policy

In this book the background and context of Africa’s political and socio-economic landscape is presented and unpacked through a primary needs approach which focuses on climate, biodiversity, health, water, education, and space-related capacity building. African theoretical contributions from the International Relations field are discussed, and Africa’s new Space Policy and Strategy, along with debates around the establishment of an African Space Agency, are explored. The African International Space Ecosystem is then analyzed, including its dimensions of intra-African space relations and initiatives, African participation in COPUOS, and international space activities, agreements, and initiatives in Africa. The final part is dedicated to the national space infrastructure and activities of African states.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Siebrits, André

Froehlich, Annette

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaften einzelner Länder und Regionen
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Raumfahrt

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Africa and the space arena.- The African international space ecosystem.- African Union member states: national space infrastructure, adtivities and capabilities.

Über Autor(innen)

Annette Froehlich is a scientific expert seconded from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to the European Space Policy Institute (Vienna), and Honorary Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the Space Lab at the University of Cape Town (SA). She graduated in European and International Law at the University of Strasbourg (France), before completing business-oriented postgraduate studies and her PhD at the University of Vienna (Austria). Responsible for the DLR and German representation at the United Nations and International Organizations, Dr Froehlich was also a member/alternate head of the German delegation at UNCOPUOS. Moreover, she is the author of a multitude of specialist publications and serves as lecturer in space policy, law and society aspects at various universities around the globe. Her main areas of scientific interest are European space policy, international and regional space law, emerging space countries, space security and space & culture.