Global mapping of human settlement
Global mapping of human settlement experiences, datasets, and prospects / [electronic resource] :
edited by Paolo Gamba and Martin Herold.
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009.
- xxvii, 364 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.).
- Taylor & Francis series in remote sensing applications .
- Taylor & Francis series in remote sensing applications. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Global urban issues : a primer / Karen C. Seto -- Some recommendations for global efforts in urban monitoring and assessments from remote sensing / Martin Herold -- A methodology to quantify built-up structures from optical VHR imagery / Martino Pesaresi and Daniele Ehrlich -- The color of cities : an overview of urban spectral diversity / Christopher Small -- A new map of global urban extent from MODIS remote sensing data based on an urban ecoregion approach / Annemarie Schneider, Mark A. Friedl, and David Potere -- Global urban mapping based on nighttime lights / Christopher D. Elvidge ... [et al.] -- More than a name : why is global urban population mapping a GRUMPy proposition? / Deborah Balk -- The Africover and PMUR datasets and the challenge of human settlement mapping in Africa / John Latham ... [et al.] -- The urban environmental monitoring/100 cities project : legacy of the first phase and next steps / Elizabeth A. Wentz ... [et al.] -- Megacities : hints for risk management using EO data / Hannes Taubenb�ock, Achim Roth, and Stefan Dech -- Improving urban monitoring toward a European urban atlas / Frank M. Seifert -- Semantic characterization of human settlement areas : critical issues to be considered / Louisa J.M. Jansen -- Comparison of global urban maps / David Potere and Annemarie Schneider -- The role of SAR sensors / Fabio Dell'Acqua -- Future EO sensors of relevance : integrated perspective for global urban monitoring / Manfred Ehlers -- Methods and challenges for using high-temporal resolution data to monitor urban growth / Alexandre Boucher and Karen C. Seto.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781420083408 (ebook : PDF)
Human settlements.
Human geography.
Human beings--Migrations.
Rural-urban migration.
Remote sensing.
Aerial photography.
World maps, Physical.
Comparative maps.
Electronic books.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Global urban issues : a primer / Karen C. Seto -- Some recommendations for global efforts in urban monitoring and assessments from remote sensing / Martin Herold -- A methodology to quantify built-up structures from optical VHR imagery / Martino Pesaresi and Daniele Ehrlich -- The color of cities : an overview of urban spectral diversity / Christopher Small -- A new map of global urban extent from MODIS remote sensing data based on an urban ecoregion approach / Annemarie Schneider, Mark A. Friedl, and David Potere -- Global urban mapping based on nighttime lights / Christopher D. Elvidge ... [et al.] -- More than a name : why is global urban population mapping a GRUMPy proposition? / Deborah Balk -- The Africover and PMUR datasets and the challenge of human settlement mapping in Africa / John Latham ... [et al.] -- The urban environmental monitoring/100 cities project : legacy of the first phase and next steps / Elizabeth A. Wentz ... [et al.] -- Megacities : hints for risk management using EO data / Hannes Taubenb�ock, Achim Roth, and Stefan Dech -- Improving urban monitoring toward a European urban atlas / Frank M. Seifert -- Semantic characterization of human settlement areas : critical issues to be considered / Louisa J.M. Jansen -- Comparison of global urban maps / David Potere and Annemarie Schneider -- The role of SAR sensors / Fabio Dell'Acqua -- Future EO sensors of relevance : integrated perspective for global urban monitoring / Manfred Ehlers -- Methods and challenges for using high-temporal resolution data to monitor urban growth / Alexandre Boucher and Karen C. Seto.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781420083408 (ebook : PDF)
Human settlements.
Human geography.
Human beings--Migrations.
Rural-urban migration.
Remote sensing.
Aerial photography.
World maps, Physical.
Comparative maps.
Electronic books.