Measuring urban sprawl in China by night time light images

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Liu, Lu ^a,b   Tang, Lin ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Center for Assessment and Development of Real Estate   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPARISON ANALYSIS; METROPOLITAN AREA; NIGHT TIME LIGHTS; URBAN SPRAWL;

URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 85014652923     PISSN: 17551307     EISSN: 17551315     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/52/1/012111     Document Type: Conference Paper

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