Modeling population density with night-time satellite imagery and GIS

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 227-244

  Sutton, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DENSITY; URBAN POPULATION DECAY FUNCTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

URBAN PLANNING;

DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; GIS; NIGHTTIME IMAGERY; POPULATION DENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN AREA; URBAN MONITORING;

USA;

EID: 0031134007     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-9715(97)01005-3     Document Type: Article

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