Characterizing and measuring urban landscapes for sustainability

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2019, Pages

  Stokes, Eleanor C ^a   Seto, Karen C ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

built environment; emissions; land classification; structure; urban form; urban morphology; urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; URBAN FORM; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; EMISSION; GIS; HETEROGENEITY; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIAL PLANNING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUBURBAN AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85064900752     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aafab8     Document Type: Article

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