Analysis of urbanization dynamics in mainland China using pixel-based night-time light trajectories from 1992 to 2013

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2017, Pages 6047-6072

  Ju, Yang ^a   Dronova, Iryna ^a   Ma, Qin ^b   Zhang, Xiang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Merced   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; DYNAMICS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PIXELS; TIME SERIES; TRAJECTORIES;

ANALYSIS FRAMEWORKS; DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH; NIGHT TIME LIGHTS; POTENTIAL INDICATORS; RAPID TRANSITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

URBAN GROWTH;

DATA PROCESSING; PIXEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 85015683103     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2017.1302114     Document Type: Article

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