Preface. About the Editors. List of Acronyms. About the Contributors. Introduction; Bhupendra Jasani et al. Part I Security, crises and the role of earth observation. 1. Definitions, concepts and geospatial dimensions of security; Clementine Burnley et al. 2. European security policy and earth observation; Anthony Cragg et al. 3. Satellite based information to support European crisis response; Stefan Voigt et al. Part II The contribution of GMOSS...