Space Supporting Africa
Volume 1: A Primary Needs Approach and Africa’s Emerging Space Middle Powers
Authors: Froehlich, Annette, Siebrits, André
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- Identifies the most prominent rising space actors in Africa
- Identifies the latest developments in African space programs
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (3 chapters)
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Africa and the Space Arena
Pages 1-99
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The African International Space Ecosystem
Pages 101-189
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African Union Member States: National Space Infrastructure, Activities, and Capabilities
Pages 191-272
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Table of contents (3 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Space Supporting Africa
- Book Subtitle
- Volume 1: A Primary Needs Approach and Africa’s Emerging Space Middle Powers
- Authors
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- Annette Froehlich
- André Siebrits
- Series Title
- Studies in Space Policy
- Series Volume
- 20
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-12173-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-12173-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-12172-3
- Series ISSN
- 1868-5307
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVI, 305
- Number of Illustrations
- 3 b/w illustrations, 47 illustrations in colour
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