Advances in remote sensing applications for urban sustainability

Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kadhim, Nada ^a,b   Mourshed, Monjur ^a   Bray, Michaela ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DIYALA   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Environmental sustainability; Remote sensing applications; Remote sensing systems; Sustainable cities; Urban environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030323096     PISSN: 23656433     EISSN: 23657448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s41207-016-0007-4     Document Type: Article

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