Remote Sensing for the Analysis of Global Urbanization

Abstract

This habilitation centers on research questions related to urban geography with a special focus on urban form. The focus is also set on the exploration of remote sensing data and derived mapping products for analyzing spatial effects of past and current urbanization processes at very different spatial scales – from settlement patterns at continental scale to building structures in urban neighborhoods. Beyond, the multidisciplinary combination of remote sensing and ancillary data such as census information or social network data is exploited. The framework is set multidisciplinary for new findings in urban geography.