Combining high-resolution images and LiDAR data to model ecosystem services perception in compact urban systems

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 96, Issue , 2019, Pages 87-98

  Lafortezza, Raffaele ^a,b   Giannico, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Green infrastructure; Remote sensing; Scaling up; Urban green spaces; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN PLANNING;

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SCALING-UP; URBAN GREEN SPACES;

GREEN COMPUTING;

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENSPACE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LIDAR; PERCEPTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN SYSTEM;

ASIA; BARI [PUGLIA]; ITALY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; PUGLIA;

EID: 85019650741     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.05.014     Document Type: Article

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