Multi-scale measurement of regional inequality in Mainland China during 2005-2010 using DMSP/OLS night light imagery and population density grid data

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 13469-13499

  Xu, Huimin ^a   Yang, Hutao ^a   Li, Xi ^b,c,d   Jin, Huiran ^d   Li, Deren ^b,c  

^a ZHONGNAN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND LAW   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c High Efficiency Utilization of Solar Energy   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Lorenz curve; Night light; Regional inequality; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 84949595663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su71013469     Document Type: Article

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