Monitoring urbanization in the 21st century

This article describes the need for a better monitoring of urbanization in the 21st century and proposes the Global Human Settlement Layer developed at the JRC with some examples as a solution.

KEMPER Thomas; 

2013-03-27

IEEE Committee in Earth Observations (ICEO)

JRC78479

http://www.earthzine.org/2013/01/21/monitoring-urbanization-in-the-21st-century/,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC78479,