Dynamics of urban density in china: Estimations based on DMSP/OLS nighttime light data

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4266-4275

  Wu, Jiansheng ^a   Ma, Lin ^a   Li, Weifeng ^b   Peng, Jian ^a   Liu, Hao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Defense meteorological satellite program operational linescan system (dmsp ols); Night light; Urban density; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES; URBAN PLANNING;

CHINA; LINESCAN SYSTEM; NIGHT LIGHTS; URBAN DENSITY; URBANIZATION;

URBAN GROWTH;

LAND USE; POPULATION DENSITY; SATELLITE SENSOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84920174969     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2367131     Document Type: Article

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