Spatial analytics: the evolution of public administration from monitoring and control to forecasting and planning

Abstract

Many of the traditional ideas that the state, thanks to space satellites, has an “all-seeing eye” to monitor field activities remain relevant to this day. However, along with this, remote sensing of the earth has functions that, according to the authors, should become an integral part of the routine practice of the state bodies of Kazakhstan. Remote sensing should be used not only in matters of monitoring and controlling economic activities, respecting the rule of law, and so on in the territory, but also forecasting and planning its development, assessing resources, opportunities and risks, including the prevention of natural and man-made emergencies, and even identifying social prerequisites tensions.

Aspirations and Challenges of Space Techno-Science in Global Semi-Peripheries: A View from Kazakhstan

“…While information on the military use of space technologies rarely enters the public domain, multiple civilian services provided by the space industry are regularly discussed by Kazakhstani media. Thus, Kazakhstan Garysh Sapary company works closely with a variety of governmental agencies, supplying its data and analytical services at no cost (Rakhimzhanov & Medeuov, 2020, p. 46). Media coverage of space institutions and their projects as serving the ‘public good’ plays a significant role in shaping the perception of space programmes as instrumental in addressing urgent societal needs.…”