Mapping urbanization dynamics at regional and global scales using multi-temporal DMSP/OLS nighttime light data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2320-2329

  Zhang, Qingling ^a   Seto, Karen C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change detection; Classification; DMSP OLS; Global urbanization dynamics; Nighttime light; Time series; Urban change

Indexed keywords

CHANGE DETECTION; DMSP/OLS; GLOBAL URBANIZATION; NIGHTTIME LIGHT; URBAN CHANGES;

DYNAMICS; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES; URBAN PLANNING;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MAPPING METHOD; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH WORK; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958706006     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.04.032     Document Type: Article

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