Global Urban Monitoring and Assessment through Earth Observation

Cities and towns are the original producers of many of the global environmental problems related to waste disposal, air and water pollution. There is a rapidly growing need for technologies that will enable monitoring of the world's natural resources and urban assets, and managing exposure to n...

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Main Author Weng, Qihao
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton CRC Press 2014
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesTaylor & Francis Series in Remote Sensing Applications
Subjects
Civil engineering
Environmental monitoring
Environmental monitoring > Remote sensing > International cooperation
Geographic information systems
International cooperation
Land use, Urban
Land use, Urban > Remote sensing > International cooperation
Remote sensing
Urban geography
Urban geography > Remote sensing > International cooperation
Data Sets
DMSP
IDP Camp
Obia Technique
Urban Heat Islands
UF
Multitemporal SAR Image
Aster Data
VHR Image
GHSL
Urban Remote Sensing
SAR Data
Eo Technology
Meris Image
VIIRS
Global Urban
Eo Data Set
Obia
Sri LANKA
Urban Land Cover
Change Detection
Nighttime Lights
LST Image
Eo Data
VHR Data
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ISBN1466564504
9781466564503
1466564490
9781466564497
DOI10.1201/b17012

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Summary:Cities and towns are the original producers of many of the global environmental problems related to waste disposal, air and water pollution. There is a rapidly growing need for technologies that will enable monitoring of the world's natural resources and urban assets, and managing exposure to natural and man-made risks. The Group on Earth Observation calls for strengthening the cooperation and coordination among global observing systems and research programs. The book introduces this important international collaborative effort, reviews the current state of global urban remote sensing, and expands on future directions in the field.  "... Global Urban Monitoring and Assessment through Earth Observations gives a good overview of urban remote sensing in a global context. The reader learns about various application fields for EO, the potentional of modern EO data and map products as well as selected advanced analysis techniques. The book therefore covers a full range of aspects."-International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, January 2016.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1466564504
9781466564503
1466564490
9781466564497
DOI:10.1201/b17012