A pixel-based method to estimate urban compactness and its preliminary application

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 5435-5442

  Zhang, J ^a,b   Wang, Y ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING;

CURVE FUNCTION; PIXEL-BASED METHOD; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; URBAN AREA; URBAN COMPACTNESS;

URBAN PLANNING;

ESTIMATION METHOD; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND USE; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34250851279     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160600983638     Document Type: Article

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