Nighttime light observations from remote sensing provide us with a timely and spatially
explicit measure of human activities, and therefore enable a host of applications such as …

China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is one of the world's largest infrastructure projects, with
its potential political and economic impact being widely discussed since its inception in …

The nighttime light (NTL) satellite data have been widely used to investigate urbanization
process. The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-Operational Linescan System …

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Operational Linescan System (DMSP-OLS) and
Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (SNPP …

Research on the dynamic distribution characteristics of carbon emissions and their evolution
patterns is of importance to unify carbon reduction targets. This study aimed to measure the …

Quantifying the evolution of urban expansion is of vital importance for optimizing land use
patterns and promoting sustainable urban development. This research constructed the …

Spatially explicit and reliable data on poverty is critical for both policy makers and
researchers. However, such data remain scarce particularly in develo** countries. Current …

Coal is an irreplaceable part of the world energy structure and the condition will not be
changed in the near future. Under the Belt and Road initiative, more and more Chinese …

Promoting the sustainable economic development along the “Belt and Road Initiative”(BRI)
requires to identify the driving force of total factor productivity (TFP) with the constrains of …

Spatially explicit data on electricity access and use are essential for effective policy-making
and infrastructure planning in low-income, data-scarce regions. We present and validate a 1 …