Using remotely sensed imagery to detect urban change: Viewing detroit from space

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 327-336

  Ryznar, Rhonda M ^a   Wagner, Thomas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of Michigan s China Data Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIS; LANDSAT; REMOTE SENSING; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0034898868     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360108976239     Document Type: Article

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