The Physical Density of the City—Deconstruction of the Delusive Density Measure with Evidence from Two European Megacities

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Taubenböck, Hannes ^a   Standfuß, Ines ^a   Klotz, Martin ^a   Wurm, Michael ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D model; Building density; Comparative urban research; Floor space density; Open spaces; Remote sensing; Soil sealing; Structural classes; Volunteered geographic information

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009397409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi5110206     Document Type: Article

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