Human Impact on Space

Having refined our terminology and presented a layered conceptualisation of space, in this chapter I provide a snapshot of our impact in and on space. Naturally, it is impossible to cover all aspects of human impactHuman impact in one chapter. Furthermore, given that this is not the main theme of the book, the discussion is brief. The purpose is to showcase a number of key features contextualised by the space layersSpace layers defined in the previous discussion.