Methods to extract impervious surface areas from satellite images

D Lu, G Li, W Kuang, E Moran - International Journal of Digital …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Impervious surface area (ISA) is an important parameter for many environmental or
socioeconomic relevant studies. The unique characteristics of remote sensing data made it …

Spatiotemporal patterns and characteristics of land-use change in China during 2010–2015

J Ning, J Liu, W Kuang, X Xu, S Zhang, C Yan… - Journal of Geographical …, 2018 - Springer
Land use/cover change is an important theme on the impacts of human activities on the
earth systems and global environmental change. National land-use changes of China …

Emerging issues in mapping urban impervious surfaces using high-resolution remote sensing images

Z Shao, T Cheng, H Fu, D Li, X Huang - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Urban impervious surface (UIS) is a key parameter in climate change, environmental
change, and sustainability. UIS extraction has been evolving rapidly in the past decades …

China's wetlands loss to urban expansion

D Mao, Z Wang, J Wu, B Wu, Y Zeng… - Land degradation & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Humans benefit from multiple ecosystem services of wetlands, but massive wetland loss has
occurred worldwide due to rapid urbanization. To assess the problem, it is necessary to …

Remote sensing monitoring of multi-scale watersheds impermeability for urban hydrological evaluation

Z Shao, H Fu, D Li, O Altan, T Cheng - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Urban impervious surface coverage is an important parameter to understand effects of hydro-
environment on the process of urbanization. Impervious surfaces have altered urban …

[HTML][HTML] A new method to quantify surface urban heat island intensity

H Li, Y Zhou, X Li, L Meng, X Wang, S Wu… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Reliable quantification of urban heat island (UHI) can contribute to the effective evaluation of
potential heat risk. Traditional methods for the quantification of UHI intensity (UHII) using …

The rapid and massive urban and industrial land expansions in China between 1990 and 2010: A CLUD-based analysis of their trajectories, patterns, and drivers

W Kuang, J Liu, J Dong, W Chi, C Zhang - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2016 - Elsevier
The past two decades saw rapid and massive urbanization and industrialization in China.
Despite much research has been reportedly done at local and regional scales, little has …

Spatiotemporal characteristics, patterns, and causes of land-use changes in China since the late 1980s

J Liu, W Kuang, Z Zhang, X Xu, Y Qin, J Ning… - Journal of Geographical …, 2014 - Springer
Land-use/land-cover changes (LUCCs) have links to both human and nature interactions.
China's Land-Use/cover Datasets (CLUDs) were updated regularly at 5-year intervals from …

A comparative analysis of megacity expansions in China and the US: Patterns, rates and driving forces

W Kuang, W Chi, D Lu, Y Dou - Landscape and urban planning, 2014 - Elsevier
Research on physical characteristics and land-cover dynamic changes of megacities over
time provides valuable insights for effectively regulating urban planning and management …

Effect of urban green space changes on the role of rainwater runoff reduction in Beijing, China

B Zhang, N Li, S Wang - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2015 - Elsevier
The effects of urban green spaces on stormwater runoff have increasingly attracted attention
because of climate change and rapid urbanization conditions. This study investigates the …