The Distribution of People and the Dimension of Place: Methodologies to Improve the Global Estimation of Urban Extents

Relation between satellite observed visible-near infrared emissions, population, economic activity and electric power consumption

Christopher D. Elvidge, K. Baugh, E. A. Kihn et al. · International Journal of Remote Sensing · 1997 · 932 citations

Natural Sciences, Demography, Geography +15

Mapping City Lights With Nighttime Data from the DMSP Operational Linescan System

Christopher D. Elvidge, Kimberly Baugh, E. A. Kihn et al. · Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing · 1997 · 749 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geoinformatics +15

A technique for using composite DMSP/OLS “City Lights” satellite data to map urban area

Marc L. Imhoff, William T. Lawrence, David Stutzer et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment · 1997 · 611 citations

Computing, Geography, Geoinformatics +11

Census from Heaven: An estimate of the global human population using night-time satellite imagery

Paul C. Sutton, Dar A. Roberts, Christopher D. Elvidge et al. · International Journal of Remote Sensing · 2001 · 476 citations

Social Sciences, Demography, Geography +17

Urban‐Rural Mortality Differentials: An Unresolved Debate

Population and Development Review · 2003 · 264 citations

Social Sciences, Demography, Sociology +17