Remote Sensing of Urban and Suburban Areas

by Tarek Rashed (Editor), Carsten Jïrgens (Editor)

Overview

"Remote Sensing of Urban and Suburban Areas" provides instructors with a text reference that has a logical and easy-to-follow flow of topics around which they can structure the syllabi of their urban remote sensing courses. Topics have been chosen to bridge the gap between remote sensing and urban studies through a better understanding of the science that underlies both fields. In so doing, the book includes 17 chapters written by leading international experts in respected fields to provide a balanced coverage of fundamental issues in both remote sensing and urban studies. Emphasis is placed on: theoretical and practical issues in contemporary urban studies and remote sensing; the spectral, spatial and temporal requirements of remotely sensed data in relation to various urban phenomena; methods and techniques for analyzing and integrating remotely sensed data and image processing with geographic information systems to address urban problems; and examples of applications in which applying remote sensing to tackle urban problems is deemed useful and important.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402043710
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	06/11/2010
Series:	Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing , #10
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Urban and Suburban Areas as a Research Topic for Remote Sensing.- Urban and Suburban Areas as a Research Topic for Remote Sensing.- Theoretical Aspects.- The Structure and Form of Urban Settlements.- Defining Urban Areas.- The Spectral Dimension in Urban Remote Sensing.- The Spatial and Temporal Nature of Urban Objects.- The V-I-S Model: Quantifying the Urban Environment.- Techniques and Applications.- A Survey of the Evolution of Remote Sensing Imaging Systems and Urban Remote Sensing Applications.- Classification of Urban Areas: Inferring Land Use from the Interpretation of Land Cover.- Processing Techniques for Hyperspectral Data.- Segmentation and Object-Based Image Analysis.- Data Fusion in Remote Sensing of Urban and Suburban Areas.- Characterization and Monitoring of Urban/Peri-urban Ecological Function and Landscape Structure Using Satellite Data.- Remote Sensing of Desert Cities in Developing Countries.- Remote Sensing of Urban Environmental Conditions.- Remote Sensing of Urban Land Use Change in Developing Countries: An Example from Büyükçekmece, Istanbul, Turkey.- Using Satellite Images in Policing Urban Environments.- Using DMSP OLS Imagery to Characterize Urban Populations in Developed and Developing Countries.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

“The book presents theoretical issues and worthwhile practical applications of remote sensing of urban and suburban environments. … book provides dedicated contributions to several topics of fundamental importance, especially for undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers and practitioners. … a valuable contribution to the current discussions regarding remote sensing of urban settlements.” (Tobias Matusch and Nima Ahmadian, Erde, Vol. 143 (3), 2012)

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