Understanding an urbanizing planet: Strategic directions for remote sensing

Z Zhu, Y Zhou, KC Seto, EC Stokes, C Deng… - Remote Sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Scientific contributions from remote sensing over the last fifty years have significantly
advanced our understanding of urban areas. Key contributions of urban remote sensing …

A systematic review and assessment of algorithms to detect, characterize, and monitor urban land change

M Reba, KC Seto - Remote sensing of environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Historically, change detection reviews have examined and categorized algorithms based on
their techniques for the remote sensing community. Here, we synthesize urban land change …

[HTML][HTML] National-scale map** of building height using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 time series

D Frantz, F Schug, A Okujeni, C Navacchi… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban areas and their vertical characteristics have a manifold and far-reaching impact on
our environment. However, openly accessible information at high spatial resolution is still …

Using street view images to examine the association between human perceptions of locale and urban vitality in Shenzhen, China

C Wu, Y Ye, F Gao, X Ye - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a high correlation between the physical environment, human perception, and urban
vitality. However, fine-scale variations in urban vitality are complex, and human perceptions …

Urban sprawl, compact urban development and green cities. How much do we know, how much do we agree?

M Artmann, L Inostroza, P Fan - Ecological indicators, 2019 - Elsevier
While urban systems are expanding at very fast rates all over the world, understanding their
spatial development remains a complex and controversial issue, burdened with confusion in …

[HTML][HTML] Continental-scale map** and analysis of 3D building structure

M Li, E Koks, H Taubenböck, J van Vliet - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban land use is often characterized based on the presence of built-up land, while the land
use intensity of different locations is ignored. This narrow focus is at least partially due to a …

Toward green equity: An extensive study on urban form and green space equity for shrinking cities

J Chen, T Kinoshita, H Li, S Luo, D Su, X Yang… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Urban Green Spaces (UGSs) provide a wide range of ecosystem services to cities.
However, many cities suffer from the uneven spatial distribution of UGSs. This phenomenon …

Building up or spreading out? Typologies of urban growth across 478 cities of 1 million+

R Mahtta, A Mahendra, KC Seto - Environmental Research …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Urban form in both two-(2D) and three-dimensions (3D) has significant impacts on local and
global environments. Here we developed the largest global dataset characterizing 2D and …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial measures and methods in sustainable urban morphology: A systematic review

P Zhang, D Ghosh, S Park - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban morphology is examined in various disciplines as it is associated with a range of
ecological, social, and economic sustainable outcomes. Yet there is a lack of clarity and …

[HTML][HTML] EO+ Morphometrics: Understanding cities through urban morphology at large scale

J Wang, M Fleischmann, A Venerandi, O Romice… - Landscape and Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
Earth Observation (EO)-based map** of cities has great potential to detect patterns
beyond the physical ones. However, EO combined with the surge of machine learning …