Global changes in urban vegetation cover

Remote Sensing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2020, Pages

  Richards, Daniel R ^a   Belcher, Richard N ^a,b  

^a FUTURE CITIES LABORATORY   (Singapore)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Green infrastructure; Remote sensing; Sustainable development; Urban green space; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; SUBURBAN SPRAWLS; URBAN GREEN SPACES; URBAN VEGETATION; URBANISATION; VEGETATION COVER;

VEGETATION;

EID: 85079657564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/RS12010023     Document Type: Article

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