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 …

Satellite remote sensing for applied ecologists: opportunities and challenges

N Pettorelli, WF Laurance, TG O'Brien… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat loss and degradation, overexploitation, climate change and the spread of invasive
species are drastically depleting the Earth's biological diversity, leading to detrimental …

Smart agriculture–Urgent need of the day in develo** countries

RK Goel, CS Yadav, S Vishnoi, R Rastogi - … Computing: Informatics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Smart agriculture is based primarily on three platforms, namely science, innovation and
space technologies. These are considered as the three pioneer pillars of nation building …

A deep learning method for building height estimation using high-resolution multi-view imagery over urban areas: A case study of 42 Chinese cities

Y Cao, X Huang - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of building height is critical for understanding the urban development
process. High-resolution optical satellite images can provide fine spatial details within urban …

A global dataset of annual urban extents (1992–2020) from harmonized nighttime lights

M Zhao, C Cheng, Y Zhou, X Li… - Earth System Science …, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
Understanding the spatiotemporal dynamics of global urbanization over a long time series is
increasingly important for sustainable development goals. The harmonized time-series …

A global record of annual urban dynamics (1992–2013) from nighttime lights

Y Zhou, X Li, GR Asrar, SJ Smith, M Imhoff - Remote Sensing of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The nighttime light (NTL) observations from Defense Meteorological Satellite
Program/Operational Linescane System (DMSP/OLS) offer great potentials to study urban …

[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 …

Multitemporal settlement and population map** from Landsat using Google Earth Engine

NN Patel, E Angiuli, P Gamba, A Gaughan… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
As countries become increasingly urbanized, understanding how urban areas are changing
within the landscape becomes increasingly important. Urbanized areas are often the …

Hotspots of land use change in Europe

T Kuemmerle, C Levers, K Erb, S Estel… - Environmental …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Assessing changes in the extent and management intensity of land use is crucial to
understanding land-system dynamics and their environmental and social outcomes. Yet …

Spatiotemporal urbanization processes in the megacity of Mumbai, India: A Markov chains-cellular automata urban growth model

HS Moghadam, M Helbich - Applied Geography, 2013 - Elsevier
Several factors contribute to on-going challenges of spatial planning and urban policy in
megacities, including rapid population shifts, less organized urban areas, and a lack of data …