Global urban observation and information: Geo’s effort to address the impacts of human settlements

Global Urban Monitoring and Assessment: Through Earth Observation

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 15-34

  Weng, Qihao ^a   Esch, Thomas ^b   Gamba, Paolo ^c   Quattrochi, Dale ^d   Xian, George ^e  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION;

CITIES AND TOWNS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; POPULATION GROWTH; UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; WORLD POPULATION;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 84959530710     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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