The potential of nighttime light remote sensing data to evaluate the development of digital economy: A case study of China at the city level

Z Chen, Y Wei, K Shi, Z Zhao, C Wang, B Wu… - … Environment and Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
As one of the new and crucial fields of economic development, the digital economy refers to
the economic activities associated with digital technologies and information. The traditional …

New nighttime light landscape metrics for analyzing urban-rural differentiation in economic development at township: A case study of Fujian province, China

Z Chen, S Yu, X You, C Yang, C Wang, J Lin, W Wu… - Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
The urban-rural difference in economy is a key indicator of urban sustainability and socio-
economic development, especially when the rapid urbanization has taken place in China …

Urban resilience assessment and its spatial correlation from the multidimensional perspective: A case study of four provinces in North-South Seismic Belt, China

W Liu, J Zhou, X Li, H Zheng, Y Liu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Modern cities are facing increasingly complex challenges, and assessing urban resilience is
crucial to improve their ability to withstand various types of shocks and disasters, especially …

[HTML][HTML] Global spatial patterns between nighttime light intensity and urban building morphology

B Wu, H Huang, Y Wang, S Shi, J Wu, B Yu - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The comprehensive characterization of global urbanization requires consideration of both
human activities and urban physical structures. Both human activities and urban physical …

The changes in nighttime lights caused by the Turkey–Syria earthquake using NOAA-20 VIIRS day/night band data

Y Yuan, C Wang, S Liu, Z Chen, X Ma, W Li, L Zhang… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Turkey–Syria earthquake on 6 February 2023 resulted in losses such as casualties,
road damage, and building collapses. We mapped and quantified the areas impacted by the …

Location matters: High-speed railway (HSR) stations in city evolution

BPY Loo, Z Huang - Cities, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examines the nexus between high-speed rail (HSR) stations and city evolution
from an urban science perspective. We analyzed 1627 HSR stations built from 1976 to 2021 …

Differentiated effects of morphological and functional polycentric urban spatial structure on carbon emissions in China: An empirical analysis from remotely sensed …

Y Wu, K Shi, Y Cui, S Liu, L Liu - International Journal of Digital …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Understanding the relationship between urban development and environmental
sustainability to achieve 'double carbon'goals in China can be strengthened by evaluating …

Potential of SDGSAT-1 nighttime light data in extracting urban main roads

B Wu, Y Wang, H Huang, S Liu, B Yu - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sustainable Development Science Satellite 1 (SDGSAT-1) provides a novel
nighttime light (NTL) data product with medium spatial resolution, captured by its unique …

Measuring Dhaka's urban transformation using nighttime light data

MM Morshed, T Chakraborty, T Mazumder - Journal of Geovisualization …, 2022 - Springer
Cities are being restructured as a result of globalization, information flows, and changing
economic processes. Global cities become command and control centers for subordinate …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal characteristics of urban land expansion and population growth in Africa from 2001 to 2019: Evidence from population density data

S Jiang, Z Zhang, H Ren, G Wei, M Xu… - … International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Africa has been undergoing a rapid urbanization process, which is critical to the
achievement of the 11th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG11). Using population density …