Urban Remote Sensing: Monitoring, Synthesis and Modeling in the Urban Environment (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781119625841)

The second edition of Urban Remote Sensing is a state-of-the-art review of the latest progress in the subject. The text examines how evolving innovations in remote sensing allow to deliver the critical information on cities in a timely and cost-effective way to support various urban management activities and the scientific research on urban morphology, socio-environmental dynamics, and sustainability.

Chapters are written by leading scholars from a variety of disciplines including remote sensing, GIS, geography, urban planning, environmental science, and sustainability science, with case studies predominately drawn from North America and Europe.

• A review of the essential and emerging research areas in urban remote sensing including sensors, techniques, and applications, especially some critical issues that are shifting the -directions in urban remote sensing research.
• Illustrated in full color throughout, including numerous relevant case studies and extensive discussions of important concepts and cutting-edge technologies to enable clearer understanding for non-technical audiences.

Urban Remote Sensing, Second Edition will be of particular interest to upper-division undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and professionals working in the fields of remote sensing, geospatial information, and urban & environmental planning.

Author: Xiaojun X. Yang
ISBN-10: 111962584X
ISBN-13: 9781119625841
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 10/11/2021
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.60lbs
Size: 9.69h x 6.77w x 1.26d