Mapping hierarchical urban boundaries for global urban settlements
Urban boundary is the spatial basis for urban statistics and urban planning. However, the city definition by which the urban boundary is determined is not comparable among different countries. A globally consistent delimitation of hierarchical urban boundaries (HUBs) is rare but urgently needed. In...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-12-01
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Series: | International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303243421001872 |