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SUMMARY:Urban Science Days 3/N
DTSTART:20151208T141400
DTEND:20151208T160000
DTSTAMP:20260501T165357Z
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DESCRIPTION:\nDr. THOMAS ESCH German Aerospace Center - Earth Observation 
 CenterThe Global Urban Footprint\nA new perspective for the worldwide inve
 ntory\nof the human settlements pattern.Abstract: The ongoing global pheno
 menon of people migrating to cities is referred to as urbanization and pri
 marily manifests itself in the continuous and often rapid spatial expansio
 n of urban agglomerations. Nevertheless\, the dimension and structuring be
 hind this process can be considered as a spatial continuum ranging from ru
 ral to urban settlements. Accordingly\, gathering a detailed global knowle
 dge about the size\, form (e.g.\, compact or spread) and spatial distribut
 ion (e.g.\, dispersed or nucleated) of different types of settlements repr
 esents a major issue to better understand urbanization and develop effecti
 ve mitigation\, adaptation and management strategies. The TerraSAR-X add-o
 n for digital elevation measurement (TanDEM-X) is a German Earth observati
 on mission collecting a total of two global coverages of very high resolut
 ion (VHR) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) X-band data with a spatial resolu
 tion of around three meters in the years 2011 to 2013. With these\, the Ta
 nDEM-X mission (TDM) provides a unique data set that is highly valuable fo
 r the analysis and monitoring of the global human settlements pattern.\nTh
 is presentation introduces the basic methodology for a fully-operational d
 etection and delineation of built-up areas from VHR SAR data along with a 
 description of the resulting global settlement mask - the Global Urban Foo
 tprint (GUF). The GUF shows a high potential with respect to an analysis o
 f urbanization patterns\, peri-urbanization\, spatio-temporal dynamics of 
 settlement development as well as population estimation\, vulnerability as
 sessment and modeling of global change.
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 recenter_x=730928.07922&layerNodes=fonds\,batiments\,labels\,information\,
 parkings_publics\,arrets_metro\,transports_publics&floor=2&q=GC_C2%20413%2
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