“This book is a great addition to the very few books on urban remote sensing.” (Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 1 March 2013)
“This excellent textbook provides a thorough grounding in the uses and types of remote sensing techniques employed for analyzing population, energy use, and other aspects of the urban environment.” (Book News, 1 August 2011)
Urban Remote Sensing is a ‘state-of-the-art’ review of the latest development in the subject. It examines how the modern concepts, technologies and methods in remote sensing can be effectively used to solve problems relevant to a wide range of topics extending beyond urban feature extraction into areas of urban socioeconomic and environmental analyses and predictive modeling of urbanization. The text covers the advances in sensors and algorithms for deriving urban attribute information, clearly explains how to integrate remote sensing and relevant geospatial techniques for developing indicators of urban socioeconomic and environmental status, and creatively explores the roles of remote sensing and dynamic modeling techniques for urban growth simulation and prediction.
Chapters are written by leading scholars and researchers from a variety of fields, including remote sensing, geocomputation, geography, urban planning and environmental science, with case studies predominately drawn from North America and Europe.
- An introduction to a broad vision of urban remote sensing research that draws upon a number of disciplines to support monitoring, synthesis and modeling in the urban environment
- Illustrated in full color throughout, including numerous relevant case studies and extensive discussions of important concepts and cutting edge technologies to enable clearer understanding for non-technical audiences
- This book will be invaluable to upper-division undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and professionals working in the fields of remote sensing, geographic information systems, urban planning, geography, and environmental science.
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Urban Remote Sensing is a ‘state-of-the-art’ review of the latest development in the subject. It examines how the modern concepts, technologies and methods in remote sensing can be effectively used to solve problems relevant to a wide range of topics extending beyond urban feature extraction into areas of urban socioeconomic and environmental analyses and predictive modeling of urbanization. The text covers the advances in sensors and algorithms for deriving urban attribute information, clearly explains how to integrate remote sensing and relevant geospatial techniques for developing indicators of urban socioeconomic and environmental status, and creatively explores the roles of remote sensing and dynamic modeling techniques for urban growth simulation and prediction.
Chapters are written by leading scholars and researchers from a variety of fields, including remote sensing, geocomputation, geography, urban planning and environmental science, with case studies predominately drawn from North America and Europe.
- An introduction to a broad vision of urban remote sensing research that draws upon a number of disciplines to support monitoring, synthesis and modeling in the urban environment
- Illustrated in full color throughout, including numerous relevant case studies and extensive discussions of important concepts and cutting edge technologies to enable clearer understanding for non-technical audiences
- This book will be invaluable to upper-division undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and professionals working in the fields of remote sensing, geographic information systems, urban planning, geography, and environmental science.
About the Author
Xiaojun Yang has authored or co-authored more than 70 publications including two edited volumes on urban remote sensing. He was a guest editor for ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Photogrametrical Engineering and Remote Sensing, International Journal of Remote Sensing, and Computer, Environment and Urban Systems. Yang has been involved in organizing urban remote sensing sessions at the annual meetings of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) since 2001. This series of events has become a major urban remote sensing forum in USA. Yang currently serves as Chair of Commission on Mapping for Satellite Imagery, International Cartographic Association (ICA).
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