Applied remote sensing for urban planning, governance and sustainability / Maik Netzband, William Stefanov, Charles Redman, editors.

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TextPublication details: Berlin ; New York : Springer, 2007.Description: xxxii, 278 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:

9788132211044 (pbk.)
354025546X (hbk.)
9783540255468 (hbk.)

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910.285 APP 23 005182

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Table of contents.

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.

Summary: An evaluation of the potential of remote sensing of urban areas. It helps to close a gap between the research-focused results offered by the 'urban remote sensing' community, and the application of these data and products by the governing bodies of cities and urban regions. It presents data from six urban regions worldwide.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

An evaluation of the potential of remote sensing of urban areas. It helps to close a gap between the research-focused results offered by the 'urban remote sensing' community, and the application of these data and products by the governing bodies of cities and urban regions. It presents data from six urban regions worldwide.

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