REMOTE SENSING FROM SPACE FOR GLOBAL SECURITY

By JOHN RAMIREZ

PART I SECURITY, CRISES AND THE ROLE OF EARTH OBSERVATION 1 DE? NITIONS, CONCEPTS AND GEOSPATIAL DIMENSIONS OF SECURITY 2 EUROPEAN SECURITY POLICY AND EARTH OBSERVATION 3 SATELLITE BASED INFORMATION TO SUPPORT EUROPEAN CRISIS RESPONSE PART II THE CONTRIBUTION OF GMOSS IN THE CONTEXT OF GMES AND SECURITY 4 THE SECURITY DIMENSION OF GMES: NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE GMOSS: A EUROPEAN THINK TANK FOR EO TECHNOLOGIES IN SUPPORT OF SECURITY ISSUES CONTENTS 5 A NOVEL APPROACH TO CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SECURITY APPLICATIONS 6 GAMES AND SCENARIOS IN THE CONTEXT OF GMOSS 7 GMOSS: INFRASTRUCTURE AND STANDARDS PART III IMAGE PROCESSING TOOLS FOR SECURITY APPLICATIONS 8 FEATURE RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES 9 CHANGE DETECTION TOOLS 10 DATA INTEGRATION AND VISUALIZATION FOR CRISIS APPLICATIONS 11 UNOSAT GRID PART IV SECURITY APPLICATIONS 12 TREATY MONITORING 13 EARLY WARNINGS AND ALERTS 14 CAN EARTH OBSERVATION HELP TO IMPROVE INFORMATION ON POPULATION?: INDIRECT POPULATION ESTIMATIONS FROM EO DERIVED GEO-SPATIAL DATA: CONTRIBUTION FROM GMOSS 15 FROM REAL TIME BORDER MONITORING TO A PERMEABILITY MODEL 16 RAPID MAPPING AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK