Monitoring the Distribution and Variations of City Size Based on Night-Time Light Remote Sensing: A Case Study in the Yangtze River Delta of China

Monitoring the Distribution and Variations of City Size Based on Night-Time Light Remote Sensing: A Case Study in the Yangtze River Delta of China

Effectively monitoring the size of a city in real time enables the scientific planning of urban development. Models that utilize the distribution and variations in city size generally use population data as inputs, which cannot be obtained in a timely and rapid manner. However, night-time light (NTL...

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Main Authors: Yuan Ding, Jia Hu, Yingbao Yang, Wenyu Ma, Songxiu Jiang, Xin Pan, Yong Zhang, Jingjing Zhu, Kai Cao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-07-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
night-time light data
extraction of urban areas
rank–size rule
law of primate city
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/14/3403

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