Cities from space: Potential applications of remote sensing in urban environmental research and policy

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-137

  Miller, Roberta Balstad ^a   Small, Christopher ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Megacities; Remote sensing; Urban environment; Urban environmental policy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CITY PLANNING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GLOBAL CHANGE; GOVERNMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0037400207     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-9011(03)00002-9     Document Type: Review

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