Remote Sensing of Urban Areas

The SAGE Handbook of Remote Sensing

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 423-436

  Nichol, Janet ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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DOI: 10.4135/9780857021052.n30     Document Type: Chapter

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