Applied Remote Sensing for Urban Planning, Governance and Sustainability

Despite the promising and exciting possibilities presented by new and fast-developing remote sensing technologies applied to urban areas, there is still a gap perceived between the generally academic and research-focused spectrum of results offered by the “urban remote sensing” community and the app...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Netzband, Maik (Editor), Stefanov, William L. (Editor), Redman, Charles (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Remote Sensing as a Tool for Urban Planning and Sustainability
  • Automatic Land-Cover Classification Derived from High-Resolution IKONOS Satellite Imagery in the Urban Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Means of an Object-Oriented Approach
  • Advances in Urban Remote Sensing: Examples From Berlin (Germany)
  • Spatial Analysis of Urban Vegetation Scale and Abundance
  • Urban Environmental Monitoring in Buenos Aires — Determining Green Areas
  • Challenges in Characterizing and Mitigating Urban Heat Islands — A Role for Integrated Approaches Including Remote Sensing
  • Phoenix, Arizona, USA: Applications of Remote Sensing in a Rapidly Urbanizing Desert Region
  • Application of Remote Sensing and GIS Technique for Urban Environmental Management and Sustainable Development of Delhi, India
  • Berlin (Germany) Urban and Environmental Information System: Application of Remote Sensing for Planning and Governance — Potentials and Problems
  • Views of Chiang Mai: The Contributions of Remote-Sensing to Urban Governance and Sustainability
  • 20 Years After Reforms: Challenges to Planning and Development in China’s City-Regions and Opportunities for Remote Sensing.