Mapping urban sprawl and impervious surfaces in the northeast United States for the past four decades

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 746-764

  Torbick, Nathan ^a,b   Corbiere, Megan ^a  

^a Applied GeoSolutions LLC   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

CART; impervious surfaces; Landsat; New England; urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSAT; MAPPING; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942550297     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15481603.2015.1076561     Document Type: Article

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