Regions set in stone\-delimiting and categorizing regions in Europe by settlement patterns derived from EO-data

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Taubenböck, Hannes ^a   Ferstl, Joachim ^a   Dech, Stefan ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europe; Global urban footprint; Mega region; Regional phenomena; Remote sensing; Settlement pattern; Spatial analysis; Urban corridor; Urban nodes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014894416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi6020055     Document Type: Article

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