{"product_id":"urban-remote-sensing-isbn-9781119625841","title":"Urban Remote Sensing","description":"\u003cb\u003eUrban Remote Sensing\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe second edition of \u003cb\u003eUrban Remote Sensing\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 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.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIllustrated 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUrban Remote Sensing, Second Edition\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u0026amp; environmental planning. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthors Biography xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xxvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Progress in Urban Remote Sensing: An Overview 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eXiaojun Yang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Sensors and Systems for Urban Areas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Examining Urban Built-up Volume: Three-Dimensional Analyses with Lidar and Radar Data 17\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdam J. Mathews and Son V. Nghiem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Opportunities and Challenges of Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Urban Applications 47\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFeilin Lai, Austin Bush, Xiaojun Yang, and David Merrick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Methods of Social Sensing for Urban Studies 71\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYu Liu, Song Gao, Yihong Yuan, Fan Zhang, Chaogui Kang,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eYuhao Kang, and Keli Wang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Urban Remote Sensing Using Ground-Based Street View Images 91\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eXiaojiang Li\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Spatial Distribution of City Tweets and Their Densities 115\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBin Jiang, Ding Ma, Junjun Yin, and Mats Sandberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Integrating Remote Sensing and Social Sensing to Examine Socioeconomic Dynamics: A Case Study of Twitter and Nighttime Light Imagery 131\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuofeng Cao and Naizhuo Zhao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Algorithms and Techniques for Urban Attribute Extraction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Deep Learning for Urban and Landscape Mapping from Remotely Sensed Imagery 153\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFeilin Lai, Atharva Sharma, Xiuwen Liu, and Xiaojun Yang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Google Earth Engine Advancing Urban Land Change Science 175\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLe Wang, Dameng Yin, Jinyan Tian, and Ying Lu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Use of Image Endmember Libraries for Multi-Sensor, Multi-Scale, and Multi-Site Mapping of Urban Areas 189\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrank Canters, Sam Cooper, Jeroen Degerickx, Uta Heiden, Marianne Jilge, Akpona Okujeni, Frederik Priem, Ben Somers, and Sebastian van der Linden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Satellite Monitoring of Urbanization and Environmental Impacts in Stockholm, Sweden, Through a Multiscale Approach 217\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDorothy Furberg and Yifang Ban\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Urban Socioeconomic Applications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Global Monitoring with the \u003ci\u003eAtlas of Urban Expansion \u003c\/i\u003e247\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlejandro Blei and Shlomo Angel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Effect of Image Classification Accuracy on Dasymetric Population Estimation 283\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJacob McKee and Eric Weber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Mapping the Morphology of Urban Deprivation: The Role of Remote Sensing for Developing a Global Slum Repository 305\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMonika Kuffer, Taïs Grippa, Claudio Persello, Hannes Taubenböck, Karin Pfeffer, and Richard Sliuzas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The City is the Medium and Satellite Imagery Are a Prism: Conceptualizing Urban Conflict Damage Monitoring with Multitemporal Remote Sensing Data 325\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJamon Van Den Hoek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Urban Environmental Applications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 US Cities in the Dark: Mapping Man-Made Carbon Dioxide Emissions Over the Contiguous US Using NASA’s Black Marble Nighttime Lights Product 337\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTomohiro Oda, Miguel O. Román, Zhuosen Wang, Eleanor C. Stokes, Qingsong Sun, Ranjay M. Shrestha, Sha Feng, Thomas Lauvaux, Rostyslav Bun, Shamil Maksyutov, Srija Chakraborty, Ian Paynter, and Virginia L. Kalb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Thermal Infrared Imaging of the Urban Landscape to Understand Urban Microclimate 369\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJinxin Yang, Massimo Menenti, Man S. Wong, Zhifeng Wu, Xiaoying Ouyang, Yong Xu, and Sawaid Abbas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Monitoring Air Pollution in the Urban Environment by Remote Sensing 391\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexandra A. Chudnovsky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Characterizing After-Rain Standing Waters in Urban Built Environments Through a Multilevel Image Analysis 423\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTzai-Hung Wen, Hao-Yu Liao, Kai-Ling Yang, and Tzu-Hsin Karen Chen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Remote Sensing and Urban Green Infrastructure: A Synthesis of Current Applications and New Advances 447\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYanhua Chen, Giovanni Sanesi, Xun Li, Wendy Y. Chen, and Raffaele Lafortezza\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Remote Sensing for Urban Sustainability Research and Sustainable Development Goals: Green Space, Public Recreation Space, and Urban Climate 469\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eArthur Lehner and Thomas Blaschke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 495 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Editor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Xiaojun Yang\u003c\/b\u003e is a tenured Full Professor of Geography in the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy at Florida State University, USA.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second edition of \u003cb\u003eUrban Remote Sensing\u003c\/b\u003e is a state-of-the-art review of the latest progress in the subject. 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