An explorative study on the proximity of buildings to green spaces in urban areas using remotely sensed imagery

Annals of GIS

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 193-203

  Li, Xiaojiang ^a,b   Meng, Qingyan ^a   Li, Weidong ^b   Zhang, Chuanrong ^b   Jancso, Tamas ^c   Mavromatis, Sébastien ^d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

building's neighbouring green spaces; Building's Proximity to Green spaces Index (BPGI); greenness; proximity

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; GREENSPACE; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION;

EID: 84906735003     PISSN: 19475683     EISSN: 19475691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475683.2014.945482     Document Type: Article

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