Overview
- Provides a unique in-depth analysis, offering readers a more complete understanding of the subject, and serving as a stepping-stone to further activities in this regard in Africa
- Includes the most recent developments concerning the implementation of space activities to foster societies in Africa
- Presents lessons learned from multiple projects in Africa involving researchers from Africa and Europe
Part of the book series: Southern Space Studies (SOSPST)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book provides detailed insights into how space and its applications are, and can be, used to support the development of the full range and diversity of African societies, as encapsulated in the African Union’s Agenda 2063. Like previous books in the "Southern Space Studies" series, it focuses on the role of space in supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Africa, but it covers an even more extensive array of relevant and timely topics addressing all facets of African development. It demonstrates that, while great achievements have been made in recent years in terms of economic and social development, which has lifted many of Africa’s people out of poverty, there is still much that needs to be done to fulfill the basic needs of Africa's citizens and afford them the dignity they deserve: to this end space is already being employed in diverse fields of human endeavor to serve Africa’s goals for its future, but there is much room for further incorporation of space systems and data. Providing a comprehensive overview of the role space is playing in achieving Africa’s developmental aspirations, the book is of great interest to both students and professionals in fields such as space studies, international relations, governance, social and rural development, and many others.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Space Fostering African Societies
Book Subtitle: Developing the African Continent through Space, Part 1
Editors: Annette Froehlich
Series Title: Southern Space Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32930-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-32929-7Published: 24 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-32932-7Published: 24 January 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-32930-3Published: 24 December 2019
Series ISSN: 2523-3718
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3726
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 333
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 88 illustrations in colour
Topics: Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space, African Economics, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)