Earth observation in service of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Geo-Spatial Information Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 77-96

  Anderson, Katherine ^a   Ryan, Barbara ^a   Sonntag, William ^a   Kavvada, Argyro ^b,c   Friedl, Lawrence ^c  

^a Group on Earth Observations   (Switzerland)

^b BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth observation; Group on Earth Observations (GEO); Sustainable Development Goal (SDG); the 2030 Agenda

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INVESTMENTS; OBSERVATORIES; PLANNING; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS;

EARTH OBSERVATIONS; GLOBAL EARTH OBSERVATIONS SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS; GROUP ON EARTH OBSERVATIONS; MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS; NATIONAL STATISTICS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT; THE 2030 AGENDA;

ORBITS;

DECISION MAKING; EOS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MONITORING; SATELLITE DATA; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85020549186     PISSN: 10095020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10095020.2017.1333230     Document Type: Article

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