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Applied Remote Sensing for Urban Planning, Governance and Sustainability

  • High spatial and spectral resolution image data
  • Includes various urban case studies
  • Evaluation of the potentials of remote sensing of urban areas

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxii
  2. Remote Sensing as a Tool for Urban Planning and Sustainability

    • Maik Netzband, William L. Stefanov, Charles L. Redman
    Pages 1-23
  3. Phoenix, Arizona, USA: Applications of Remote Sensing in a Rapidly Urbanizing Desert Region

    • William L. Stefanov, Maik Netzband, Matthias S. Möller, Charles L. Redman, Chris Mack
    Pages 137-164
  4. Views of Chiang Mai: The Contributions of Remote-Sensing to Urban Governance and Sustainability

    • Louis Lebel, Danai Thaitakoo, Somporn Sangawongse, Darika Huaisai
    Pages 221-247
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 271-278

About this book

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 application of these data and products by the local governmental bodies of urban cities and regions. While there is no end of interesting science questions that we can ask about cities, sometimes these questions don't match well with what the operational problems and concerns of a given city are. The authors present data from six urban regions from all over the world. They explain what the important questions are, and how one can use data and scientific skills to help answer them.

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"This collection of earnest and workmanlike essays had its origins in the 100 Cities Project – formerly the Urban Environmental Monitoring (UEM) Project—at Arizona State University. … The book is intended to exemplify applications of remote sensing for urban environmental characterization, monitoring and government decision-making. … is aimed mainly at planners whose interest is in the physical environment." (John Miron, Geomatica, Vol. 62 (1), 2008)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

    Maik Netzband

  • NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, USA

    William L. Stefanov

  • School of the Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

    Charles Redman

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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