A scale-adjusted measure of "Urban Sprawl" using nighttime satellite imagery

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 353-369

  Sutton, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nighttime satellite imagery; Sprawl Line; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

NATURAL WATERWAYS;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141457425     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00078-6     Document Type: Article

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