Mapping urbanization dynamics at regional and global scales using multi-temporal DMSP/OLS nighttime light data

• Published in: Remote sensing of environment Vol. 115; no. 9; pp. 2320 - 2329
• Main Authors: Zhang, Qingling, Seto, Karen C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 15.09.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied geophysics; Biological and medical sciences; Change detection; China; Classification; DMSP satellites; DMSP/OLS; Dynamics; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Economics; Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects. Techniques; Global urbanization dynamics; Internal geophysics; Land use; Nighttime light; Regional; Remote sensing; Teledetection and vegetation maps; Time series; Urban change; Urbanization; Far East; Asia; United States; China; Japan; India; USA; China, People's Rep; Urban change; DMSP/OLS; Change detection; Time series; Classification; Global urbanization dynamics; Nighttime light; Demography; data; urban environment; Night; global; Research; North America; dynamics; land use; Town; Light; Plant cover; land cover; Dynamic characteristic; maps; Socioeconomic activity; remote sensing; cartography; Built environment; urban areas; urbanization; expansion; Individual; Economic aspect; Multidate observation; Community

Urban areas concentrate people, economic activity, and the built environment. As such, urbanization is simultaneously a demographic, economic, and land-use change phenomenon. Historically, the remote sensing community has used optical remote sensing data to map urban areas and the expansion of urban...