New dimensions of urban landscapes: The spatio-temporal evolution from a polynuclei area to a mega-region based on remote sensing data

Applied Geography

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-153

  Taubenbock H ^a   Wiesner, M ^a   Felbier, A ^a   Marconcini, M ^a   Esch, T ^a   Dech, S ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hong Kong Shenzhen Guangzhou; Mega city; Mega region; Multi temporal development; Remote sensing; Spatial metrics; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MEGACITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN PLANNING;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; HONG KONG; SHENZHEN;

EID: 84892467106     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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