Political determinants of technological change: remote sensing of earth resources from space

Thesis/Dissertation · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5658360

Willard, M R

Landsat, an earth resource remote-sensing satellite system, is a highly sophisticated technology for monitoring earth resources and environmental changes. It has generated a new era of resource information acquisition and data processing and new domestic and international political-economic issues and controversies. It is a technology, having taken on a life of its own, which seems to demand political and economic attention. This thesis, however, is the study of how the US has helped to create an aspect of the global technological environment. It is an examination of the political-economic determinants of Landsat. It is a bureaucratic, domestic, and international look at US policy-making processes in the area of satellite-earth resource sensing technology. Specifically, this study has three objectives. First is the development of a comprehensive understanding of satellite remote sensing of earth resources focused primarily on technological and political factors; second is an understanding of the political determinants of Landsat technology and technological change; and third is an analysis of the effects of those political processes on the international relations of Landsat.

• OSTI ID: 5658360
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
EXPLORATION
REMOTE SENSING
LANDSAT SATELLITES
POLITICAL ASPECTS
RESOURCES
DATA ACQUISITION
GLOBAL ASPECTS
TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
SATELLITES
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Development
Demonstration
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