EARTH AND PLANETARY INSIGHTS FOR HUMAN SUSTAINABILITY

Abstract

Among different human activities having the goal to increase humanity’s quality of life as industrial, agricultural, commercial, transport, touristic ones, also activities connected to Earth and Planetary Insights must be mentioned. In this regard Earth and Planetary Insights especially by exploration, analysis and assessment encompass several scientific fields being an inter-, multi- and transdisciplinary task. The multitude of available approaches and existing applications of mentioned insights are covering almost all human activity fields ranging from main branches of Earth & Planetary Sciences such as for instance Surveying, Geology, in all its aspects, naming here hydrogeology, geotechnics, geophysics etc., Ecology and Environmental Sciences by considering relevant environmental elements such as air, water, soil, oceans, forests, as well as potential environmental impacts because of human activities such as environmental pollution and climate change, coming to Green, Nano- and Space Technologies, as well as to the use of renewable energy resources, all of them being interconnected by modern Management Tools. Space activities must be mentioned in the context of designing new technologies for researching our planet and Outer Space with its many celestial bodies, what means activities for planetary exploration. On the other side using space activities for getting human sustainability also means setting up regional and global emergency programs to support disaster response operations through the provision of satellite data being oriented to reduce disaster risks. With the vision of getting Earth and Planetary Insights for improving humanity quality of life, holistic thinking is per-se required, and in this context connected chances and challenges will be debated with the goal of assuring human sustainability. Developments on global level have emphasized that it depends on our mutual work and cooperation to prevent the increasing processes of current resources consumption from compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.