Geographic information issues associated with socioeconomic modelling from night-time light remote sensing data

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 35, Issue , 2004, Pages 790-795

  Doll, C N H ^a   Morley, J G ^a   Muller, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economy; GIS; Human settlement; Mapping; Modeling; Remote sensing; Urban

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPPING; MODELS;

DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS; ECONOMY; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; MODIFIABLE AREA UNIT PROBLEMS; REMOTE SENSING DATA SOURCE; URBAN;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 33645388454     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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