Poverty assessment using DMSP/OLS night-time light satellite imagery at a provincial scale in China

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1253-1264

  Wang, Wen ^a   Cheng, Hui ^a   Zhang, Li ^b  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DMSP OLS night time light; Poverty index; Principal component analysis; Provincial scale; Socio economic development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; DMSP/OLS NIGHT-TIME LIGHTS; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS; INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATIONS; POVERTY INDEX; PROVINCIAL SCALE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862801663     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.01.025     Document Type: Article

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