Six fundamental aspects for conceptualizing multidimensional urban form: A spatial mapping perspective

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 179, Issue , 2018, Pages 55-62

  Wentz, Elizabeth A ^a   York, Abigail M ^a   Alberti, Marina ^b   Conrow, Lindsey ^a   Fischer, Heather ^a   Inostroza, Luis ^c   Jantz, Claire ^d   Pickett, Steward T A ^e   Seto, Karen C ^f   Taubenböck, Hannes ^g  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^f Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^g GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

GIS; Land cover; Land use; Remote sensing; Urban form; Urban materials

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING;

LAND COVER; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; PEOPLES ENERGIES; REMOTE-SENSING; SIMPLE++; SPATIAL MAPPING; URBAN AREAS; URBAN CLASSIFICATION; URBAN FORM; URBAN MATERIALS;

LAND USE;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE; MAPPING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 85050670773     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.07.007     Document Type: Article

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