Automatic identification of building types based on topographic databases–a comparison of different data sources

R Hecht, G Meinel, M Buchroithner - International Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Data, maps and services of the national mapping and cadastral agencies contain geometric
information on buildings, particularly building footprints. However, building type information …

Semantic enrichment of building data with volunteered geographic information to improve mappings of dwelling units and population

C Kunze, R Hecht - Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2015 - Elsevier
Small-scale data on dwellings and population density are required for precise geospatial
urban modelling. Further, knowledge of building usage is necessary to model socio …

Developing a two-level machine-learning approach for classifying urban form for an East Asian mega-city

CY Chen, F Koch, C Reicher - Environment and Planning B …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Having had the most rapid urbanization in the world since the 1990s, mega-cities in East
Asia featured highly compact and atomized modernist architecture. With densely built …

Assessing urban containment policies within a suburban context—An approach to enable a regional perspective

M Jehling, R Hecht, H Herold - Land use policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Regarding suburbanisation, land policies in many countries have undergone profound
changes over the past 20 years. While experiencing high growth rates of urban land …

Remote sensing GIS-based landslide susceptibility & risk modeling in Darjeeling–Sikkim Himalaya together with FEM-based slope stability analysis of the terrain

SK Nath, A Sengupta, A Srivastava - Natural Hazards, 2021 - Springer
Landslide susceptibility (LSI) modeling of Darjeeling–Sikkim Himalaya is performed by
integrating 28 causative factors on 28C28 combinations on Geographical Information …

Do land policies make a difference? A data-driven approach to trace effects on urban form in France and Germany

M Jehling, R Hecht - … and Planning B: Urban Analytics and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Against the backdrop of rapidly expanding urban structures, land policies in many countries
have been adapted to contain and redirect growth to existing urban structures. However …

Automatic delineation of urban growth boundaries based on topographic data using Germany as a case study

O Harig, R Hecht, D Burghardt, G Meinel - ISPRS International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) is a growth management policy that designates specific
areas where growth should be concentrated in order to avoid urban sprawl. The objective of …

The spatial network of megaregions-Types of connectivity between cities based on settlement patterns derived from EO-data

H Taubenböck, M Wiesner - Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2015 - Elsevier
Megaregions are important phenomena of globalization's new urban scale and form. These
regions are considered the drivers of global economy, innovation, technology and the labor …

Analysing the effects of flood-resilience technologies in urban areas using a synthetic model approach

R Schinke, A Kaidel, S Golz, T Naumann… - … international journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Flood protection systems with their spatial effects play an important role in managing and
reducing flood risks. The planning and decision process as well as the technical …

Mapping long-term dynamics of population and dwellings based on a multi-temporal analysis of urban morphologies

R Hecht, H Herold, M Behnisch, M Jehling - ISPRS International Journal …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Information on the distribution and dynamics of dwellings and their inhabitants is essential to
support decision-making in various fields such as energy provision, land use planning, risk …