Remotely-Sensed Cities

New urban applications are emerging for remote sensing in particular with the use of high-resolution data for measuring monitoring and analysis. This comes through the use of high spatial resolution imaging such as for precision mapping of cities; new techniques for population mapping; extracting urban land use features and evaluating the city energy patterns; and through the use of night-time imagery for determining populations and economic activity particularly on a global scale.Remotely Sensed Cities helps to redress the balance with remote sensing books most of which are dedicated to the physical environment. It is designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students along with research scientists and brings together a good deal of topical work applying remote sensing to the understanding of urban features their behavior and growth.