Analysis of urban growth and sprawl from remote sensing data - Bhatta, B. (Basudeb) (Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, 2010)
8 Limitations of urban growth analysis -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Data and scale dependency -- 8.2.1 Spatial scale -- 8.2.2 Pattern quantification scale -- 8.2.3 Pattern summarisation scale -- 8.3 Data generation methods -- 8.4 Classification accuracy -- 8.5 Selection of metrics -- 8.6 Definition of the spatial domain -- 8.7 Spatial characterisation -- 8.8 Spatial dependency (autocorrellation) -- 8.9 Spatial and temporal sampling -- 8.10 Modifiable areal unit problem.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Cities and towns -- Growth -- Remote sensing; Geographic information systems; Stedelijke gebieden; Groei; Gevolgen; Methodologie; Monitoring; Fernerkundung; Stadt; Stadtentwicklung; Verstädterung.; Zersiedlung