Implementing Space Technology into Sustainable Development and Resilience Theory

The paper explores potential and actual applications of space technology, particularly satellites in the context of sustainable development. The introduction explores the concept of sustainable development from a multilateral perspective and the framework of Rio+20 and the post-2015 development agen...

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Autores:
Arévalo Yepes, Ciro
Arévalo Botero, Mateo
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2013
Institución:
Universidad Externado de Colombia
Repositorio:
Biblioteca Digital Universidad Externado de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:bdigital.uexternado.edu.co:001/8209
Acceso en línea:
https://bdigital.uexternado.edu.co/handle/001/8209
https://revistas.uexternado.edu.co/index.php/oasis/article/view/3758
Palabra clave:
Satellites
space technology
sustainable development
resilience.
Rights
openAccess
License
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
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Summary:The paper explores potential and actual applications of space technology, particularly satellites in the context of sustainable development. The introduction explores the concept of sustainable development from a multilateral perspective and the framework of Rio+20 and the post-2015 development agenda. The paper then introduces space technology and its uses in economic growth, energy, food security, environmental surveillance, including coastal regions, with special emphasis on environmental disasters and the concept of resilience, and the social and welfare uses of humanitarian tele-medicine and tele-education and ways to overcome the digital divide. The conclusion gives recommendations to improve satellite capacity and an analysis of the systemic synergies between space technologies and “green industries” that may lead to tandem growth.