Global mapping of human settlement experiences, datasets, and prospects

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Gamba, Paolo, Herold, Martin
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009.
SeriesTaylor & Francis series in remote sensing applications.
Subjects
Human settlements.
Human geography.
Human beings > Migrations.
Rural-urban migration.
Remote sensing.
Aerial photography.
World maps, Physical.
Comparative maps.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781420083408
Physical Descriptionxxvii, 364 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.).

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Table of Contents:
  • Global urban issues : a primer / Karen C. Seto
  • Some recommendations for global efforts in urban monitoring and assessments from remote sensing / Martin Herold
  • A methodology to quantify built-up structures from optical VHR imagery / Martino Pesaresi and Daniele Ehrlich
  • The color of cities : an overview of urban spectral diversity / Christopher Small
  • A new map of global urban extent from MODIS remote sensing data based on an urban ecoregion approach / Annemarie Schneider, Mark A. Friedl, and David Potere
  • Global urban mapping based on nighttime lights / Christopher D. Elvidge ... [et al.]
  • More than a name : why is global urban population mapping a GRUMPy proposition? / Deborah Balk
  • The Africover and PMUR datasets and the challenge of human settlement mapping in Africa / John Latham ... [et al.]
  • The urban environmental monitoring/100 cities project : legacy of the first phase and next steps / Elizabeth A. Wentz ... [et al.]
  • Megacities : hints for risk management using EO data / Hannes Taubenböck, Achim Roth, and Stefan Dech
  • Improving urban monitoring toward a European urban atlas / Frank M. Seifert
  • Semantic characterization of human settlement areas : critical issues to be considered / Louisa J.M. Jansen
  • Comparison of global urban maps / David Potere and Annemarie Schneider
  • The role of SAR sensors / Fabio Dell'Acqua
  • Future EO sensors of relevance : integrated perspective for global urban monitoring / Manfred Ehlers
  • Methods and challenges for using high-temporal resolution data to monitor urban growth / Alexandre Boucher and Karen C. Seto.

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