Global Mapping of Human Settlement Experiences, Datasets, and Prospects

Global Urban Issues: A Primer, K. C. Seto Some Recommendations for Global Efforts in Urban Monitoring and Assessments from Remote Sensing, M. Herold A Methodology to Quantify Built-Up Structures from Optical VHR Imagery, M. Pesaresi and D. Ehrlich The Color of Cities: An Overview of Urban Spectral D...

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Main Authors Gamba, Paolo, Herold, Martin
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, Fla CRC Press 2009
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesTaylor & Francis series in remote sensing applications
Subjects
Aerial photography
Comparative maps
Data analysis
Environmental science
Human beings
Human beings > Migrations
Human geography
Human settlements
Maps, Comparative
Migration
Migrations
Photography
Remote sensing
Rural-urban migration
Urban planning
World maps, Physical
Er Ica
Land Cover Class
Land Cover Classification System
MODIS Map
Human Settlement Areas
Urban Extent
lA Sia
Datasets
Urban Heat Islands
ISA
Urban Remote Sensing
Nighttime Lights Data
SAR Data
VHR Satellite
Remote Sensing
Global Urban Mapping
Land Cover Classification
Remote Sensing Images
Grump
GMES
Global Land Cover
LC
Nighttime Lights
Urban Land Cover
Time Series
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ISBN9781420083392
1420083392
DOI10.1201/9781420083408

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Table of Contents:
  • Front cover -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Editors -- Contributors -- Part I: Requirements for Urban Remote Sensing -- Chapter 1. Global Urban Issues: A Primer -- Chapter 2. Some Recommendations for Global Efforts in Urban Monitoring and Assessments from Remote Sensing -- Part II: Urban Characterization over Large Areas -- Chapter 3. A Methodology to Quantify Built-Up Structures from Optical VHR Imagery -- Chapter 4. The Color of Cities: An Overview of Urban Spectral Diversity -- Part III: Mapping and Monitoring Projects and Research -- Chapter 5. A New Map of Global Urban Extent from MODIS Remote Sensing Data Based on an Urban Ecoregion Approach -- Chapter 6. Global Urban Mapping Based on Nighttime Lights -- Chapter 7. More Than a Name: Why Is Global Urban Population Mapping a GRUMPy Proposition? -- Chapter 8. The Africover and PMUR Datasets and the Challenge of Human Settlement Mapping in Africa -- Chapter 9. The Urban Environmental Monitoring/100 Cities Project: Legacy of the First Phase and Next Steps -- Chapter 10. Megacities: Hints for Risk Management Using EO Data -- Chapter 11. Improving Urban Monitoring toward a European Urban Atlas -- Part IV: Critical Issues and Avenues for Future Research -- Chapter 12. Semantic Characterization of Human Settlement Areas: Critical Issues to be Considered -- Chapter 13. Comparison of Global Urban Maps -- Chapter 14. The Role of SAR Sensors -- Chapter 15. Future EO Sensors of Relevance - Integrated Perspective for Global Urban Monitoring -- Chapter 16. Methods and Challenges for Using High-Temporal Resolution Data to Monitor Urban Growth -- Back cover