Proceedings of the United Nations/European Space Agency Symposium on Economic Benefits of Using Space Technology Applications in Developing Countries
Subtitle: 7-10 September 1998, Graz, Austria
By: hosted by the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Province of Styria and the City of Graz.
Contributors: United Nations. Office for Outer Space Affairs.; European Space Agency.
Publisher: United Nations
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Astronautics -- Technology transfer -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries -- Congresses.; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: At head of title: Office for Outer Space Affairs, United Nations Office at Vienna.

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Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Introduction; value: United Nations address / N. Jasentuliyana; value: The contribution of space technology to development / L. Huabau; value: Review of recommendations and follow-ups of previous UN/ESA symposia / J. Ortner and W. Balogh; value: The information highway : an opportunity to leapfrog for the developing countries / G. Ajayi; value: Thuraya, a regional mobile personal communications system / H. Azzee; value: Earth observation, an essential necessity in a strategy plan for sustainable economic growth / V. Dadwal; value: The contribution of space-based systems for disaster prevention and mitigation / P. Puyou-Lascassies; value: Space remote sensing for surveying and resources mapping / S. Jayatilaka; value: Management of resources : water / A. Nasir; value: New applications using high-resolution satellite imagery / R. Rao; value: Training opportunities for space users and space professionals / A. Layachi; value: GIS applications for natural hazard zonation : the role of ITC in addressing the training needs / B. van Western and J. Nossin; value: Seed growth experiments after space flight : the Chinese experience / H. Jun; value: The utilization of the international space station for benefits on earth / K. Knott; value: Space technology in support of cooperative US-Ukraine efforts to mitigate the damage at the Chernobyl Unit 4 Nuclear Power Plant / D. Lavery, N. Marwell, M. Holliday and J. Osborn; value: The CEOS Information Locator System (CLIS) / S. Giegerich; value: annex 1. Workshop programme; value: annex 2. List of participants.