Improvements in geographical information systems, the wider availability of high-resolution
digital data and more sophisticated econometric techniques have all contributed to …

Human population continues to aggregate in urban centers. This inevitably increases the
urban footprint with significant consequences for biodiversity, climate, and environmental …

The past two decades saw rapid and massive urbanization and industrialization in China.
Despite much research has been reportedly done at local and regional scales, little has …

Urban form is increasingly being recognised by scientists for the potential role it might play
in the coordination of sustainable urban development and the reduction of CO 2 emissions …

My first exposure to Support Vector Machines came this spring when heard Sue Dumais
present impressive results on text categorization using this analysis technique. This issue's …

This book provides a comprehensive discussion on urban growth and sprawl, and how they
can be analyzed using remote sensing imageries. It compiles views of numerous …

Analyzing spatio-temporal characteristics of land use change is essential for understanding
and assessing ecological consequence of urbanization. More importantly, such analysis can …

Monitoring land changes is an important activity in landscape planning and resource
management. In this study, we analyze urban land changes in Atlanta metropolitan area …

Conceptual ambiguity of sprawl and lack of consensus among researchers have made the
measurement of urban sprawl very difficult, especially from remote sensing data. There are …

The promotion of sustainable cities is critical under future environmental change and
population growth. Cities in the present and future can ensure the provision of ecosystem …