Methods for specifying spatial boundaries of cities in the world: The impacts of delineation methods on city sustainability indices

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 592, Issue , 2017, Pages 345-356

  Uchiyama, Yuta ^a   Mori, Koichiro ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

City; City sustainability index; Landcover; LandScan population grid; Night time light; Urban area

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; REMOTE SENSING;

CITY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAN POPULATION GRID; NIGHT TIME LIGHTS; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; URBAN AREAS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LAND COVER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CITY PLANNING; CITY SPATIAL BOUNDARY; CITY SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ILLUMINATION; LAND USE; NIGHT TIME LIGHT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN AREA;

EID: 85015443224     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.014     Document Type: Article

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