Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing · 2000 · 93 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesGeoinformaticsUrban PlanningRemote SensingUrban DevelopmentUrban GeographyChange DetectionLand Use Change DetectionUrban ExpansionUrban Expansion DetectionUrban GrowthUrban Remote SensingSpatial Distribution PatternsUrban Change DetectionUrban Change MappingUrban Expansion MonitoringUrban Expansion Pattern AnalysisUrban Growth AnalysisUrban MappingUrban Sensing
The progress of urban remote sensing and GIS in China since the early 1980s is reviewed. The first section introduces the early applications of remote sensing to environmental monitoring and resources investigation, and outlines its achievements. The second section focuses on further analysis of urban expansion from the point of view of spatial distribution patterns and temporal change, taking Beijing, Shanghai, and Dongguan as examples. Urban GIS is discussed in the third section. The regional differences of vcrs development in China are detailed from south to north. As remote sensing and cls technologies develop, they will be combined for use in urban planing and management.