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This second edition reflects new developments in satellite sensors, image processing methods and techniques, and the applications of urban remote sensing to meet societal and economic challenges at this time.
List of contents
Preface: Remote Sensing of Urban Areas. Part I Data, Sensors, and Systems Considerations and Algorithms for Urban Feature Extraction. The Global Urban Footprint. Development of On-Demand Human Settlement Mapping System using Historical Satellite Archives.Morphological Building Index (MBI) and Its Applications to Urban Areas. Part II Assessing and Modeling Urban Landscape Compositions, Patterns and Structures. Stereo-Based Building Roof Mapping in Urban Off-Nadir VHR Satellite Images: Challenges and Solutions.Beyond Built-Up: The Internal Makeup of Urban Areas.Urban Change Detection Utilizing High Resolution Optical Images Taken from Different Viewing-Angles and Different Platforms. Part III Monitoring, Analyzing, and Modeling Urban Growth.Urbanisation in India: Patterns, Visualisation of Cities and Greenhouse Gas Inventory for Developing an Urban Observatory. Mapping Imperious Surface in the Greater Hanoi Area, Vietnam from Time Series Landsat Image, 1988 - 2015. City in desert: Mapping subpixel urban impervious surface area in a desert environment using spectral unmixing and machine learning methods. Application of Remote Sensing and Cellular Automata Model to Analyze and Simulate Urban Density Changes. Part IV Urban Planning and Socioeconomic Applications.Developing Multiscale HEAT Scores from H-Res Airborne Thermal Infrared Imagery to Support Urban Energy Efficiency: Challenges Moving Forward. Air Quality and Health Monitoring In Urban Areas Using EO and Clinical Data.Urban Green Valuation.
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Qihao Weng, Dale Quattrochi, Paolo Gamba
Summary
This second edition reflects new developments in satellite sensors, image processing methods and techniques, and the applications of urban remote sensing to meet societal and economic challenges at this time.