A planet of cities : urban land cover estimates and projections for all countries, 2000-2050 / Shlomo Angel and [4 others].

By:

Angel, Shlomo [author. ]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy working paperPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2010. Description: 103 p. : maps, charts. 30 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

(spiral book).

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 333.77091732 ANG 007779

Summary: We created a new data set comprising the universe of all 3,649 named metropolitan agglomerations and cities that had populations in excess of 100,000 in the year 2000, their populations in that year, and their built-up area identified in the MOD500 map, currently the best satellite-based global map of urban land cover. Using this data set, we estimated urban land cover in smaller cities and towns in all countries and calculated total urban land cover in every country in the year 2000. We then employed multiple regression models that could explain more than 90 percent of the variations in urban land cover among countries. Then, using U.N. urban population projections in combination with three realistic density change scenarios based on our previous global and historical study of densities, we projected urban land cover in every country and world region from 2000 to 2050.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Working Paper	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	333.77091732 ANG 007779 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		007779

"November 2010"--Description on Lincoln Institute web site.
Lincoln Institute product code: WP10SA3.

Includes bibliographical references.

We created a new data set comprising the universe of all 3,649 named metropolitan agglomerations and cities that had populations in excess of 100,000 in the year 2000, their populations in that year, and their built-up area identified in the MOD500 map, currently the best satellite-based global map of urban land cover. Using this data set, we estimated urban land cover in smaller cities and towns in all countries and calculated total urban land cover in every country in the year 2000. We then employed multiple regression models that could explain more than 90 percent of the variations in urban land cover among countries. Then, using U.N. urban population projections in combination with three realistic density change scenarios based on our previous global and historical study of densities, we projected urban land cover in every country and world region from 2000 to 2050.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.