Space Technologies and Climate Change [electronic resource]: Implications for Water Management, Marine Resources and Maritime Transport /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Jolly, Claire.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2008.
This book examines the contributions that space technologies can make in tackling some of the serious problems posed by climate change. Focusing on examples of water management, marine resources and maritime transport, it sets out the rationale for further developing satellite systems to measure and monitor climate change and help mitigate its consequences. The report underlines the need to consider satellites not just as research and development systems, but as an important component of a critical communication- and information-based infrastructure for modern societies. The tool box for decision makers that concludes the book reviews different methodological options for deciding on investments in space-based earth observation.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
Capabilities of Space Technologies -- Marine Resources and Maritime Transport: Trends and Outlook -- Fresh Water Management: Trends and Outlook -- Climate Change: Trends and Outlook -- Annexes A and B -- Tool Box for Policy Makers: Costs, Benefits and Investment Decisions -- Outlook for Space Technologies.
This book examines the contributions that space technologies can make in tackling some of the serious problems posed by climate change. Focusing on examples of water management, marine resources and maritime transport, it sets out the rationale for further developing satellite systems to measure and monitor climate change and help mitigate its consequences. The report underlines the need to consider satellites not just as research and development systems, but as an important component of a critical communication- and information-based infrastructure for modern societies. The tool box for decision makers that concludes the book reviews different methodological options for deciding on investments in space-based earth observation.
Artificial satellites in remote sensing.
Satellite meteorology.
Climatic changes.
Water-supply
Marine resources
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