Monitoring urban growth and ecological environmental responses based on remote sensing images: A case study of Longyan, China

• Published in: 2011 19th International Conference on Geoinformatics pp. 1 - 5
• Main Authors: Ying Chen, Shaojie Chen, Peijun Du, Junshi Xia, Dandan Shan
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.06.2011
• Subjects: ecological response; Land surface; Land surface temperature; Remote sensing; Satellites; Thermal pollution; urban growth; urban heat island (UHI); Vegetation mapping

The change of ecological environment resulted from urbanization is being paid more and more attentions. In this paper, Landsat TM/ETM+ remote sensing images captured on 1992, 2001 and 2006 were selected to investigate the urban growth and the corresponding ecological responses. Index-based Built-up...