Linking urban field theory with GIS and remote sensing to detect signatures of rapid urbanization on the landscape: Toward a new approach for characterizing urban sprawl

Urban Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 410-434

  Zeng, Hui ^a   Sui, Daniel Z ^b   Li, Shujuan ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Nanchang; Urban field theory; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

GIS; PLANNING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; URBANIZATION;

EID: 32544458626     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.26.5.410     Document Type: Review

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