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The Spatial and Temporal Nature of Urban Objects

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Part of the book series: Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing ((RDIP,volume 10))

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The purpose of this chapter is to examine, from an application perspective, the utility of remote sensing to collect data on urban and suburban areas for Urban Planning and Management (UPM). Specifically, the chapter discusses the use of remote sensing at two different spatial levels, the information needs with respect to monitoring planned and unplanned development, and the optimal spatial and temporal requirements for images used in this regard.

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  1. Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation of the University of Twente, Hengelosestraat 99, Enschede, 7514 AE, The Netherlands

    Richard Sliuzas & Monika Kuffer

  2. Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HB, UK

    Ian Masser

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  2. Geography Department, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, Bochum, 44801, Germany

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Sliuzas, R., Kuffer, M., Masser, I. (2010). The Spatial and Temporal Nature of Urban Objects. In: Rashed, T., Jürgens, C. (eds) Remote Sensing of Urban and Suburban Areas. Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4385-7_5

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