Space Activities and Sustainable Local Development

Abstract

The authors study the impact of space activities on local development and its sustainability. The article focuses on the hypothesis that the benefits of space technology, combining global, regional and local administrative legal instruments, should be applied to build the potential of a given location and improve its economic future and the quality of life of its inhabitants. In the study, philosophical worldview methods (dialectical and idealistic) enable to form philosophical and legal approaches to local development and the regular modern paradigm of public administration of space activities. The scientific novelty of the study is a concept developed for public administration of space activities in the context of their implementation with respect to local development in Ukraine, which envisages the adoption and entry into force of “Road Map for Sustainable Local Development to 2025” with a list of promising directions of space activities development at the local level. The study concludes that local development as a process implies a long-term perspective on the priorities for the future development of the Territories. One such priority is to use the results of space activities for the benefit of local communities.

Keywords

• space activities
• local development
• sustainable development
• globalization
• public administration
• public administrating
• law