Title :
Monitoring the evolution of Europe´s urban landscapes
Author :
Ehrlich, Daniele ; Lavalle, Carlo ; Schillinger, Steffen
Author_Institution :
Joint Res. Centre, Strategy & Syst. for Space Applications, Ispra, Italy
Abstract :
Monitoring urban dynamics (MURBANDY) aims to provide a synoptic view of Europe´s urban areas and their dynamics using very high resolution satellite imagery. MURBANDY also measures past land uses and combines them with a socio-economic data-set to understand historical development of cities and develops scenarios of urban growth. Preliminary results show that most cities have more than doubled in size in the last 50 years
Keywords :
geography; terrain mapping; Europe; MURBANDY; cities; evolution; high resolution satellite imagery; historical development; land uses; monitoring urban dynamics; socio-economic data-set; synoptic view; urban areas; urban growth; urban landscapes; Cities and towns; Europe; Fabrics; Image resolution; Monitoring; Photography; Rail transportation; Roads; Satellites; Urban areas;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.771624
