Scientific contributions from remote sensing over the last fifty years have significantly
advanced our understanding of urban areas. Key contributions of urban remote sensing …

In 1997, the Journal of the American Planning Association published a pair of point–
counterpoint articles now listed by the American Planning Association as “classics” in the …

This paper estimates the link between population density and COVID-19 spread and
severity in the contiguous United States. To overcome confounding factors, we use two …

The past decade or so has seen a dramatic change in the way that economists can learn by
watching our planet from above. A revolution has taken place in remote sensing and allied …

Exploring changes in land use land cover (LULC) to understand the urban heat island (UHI)
effect is valuable for both communities and local governments in cities in developing …

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted economic activity in India. Adjusting policies to
contain transmission while mitigating the economic impact requires an assessment of the …

While urban systems are expanding at very fast rates all over the world, understanding their
spatial development remains a complex and controversial issue, burdened with confusion in …

We investigate how urban railroad and highway configurations have influenced urban form
in Chinese cities since 1990. Each radial highway displaces 4% of central city population to …

I process satellite-generated data on terrain elevation and presence of water bodies to
precisely estimate the amount of developable land in US metropolitan areas. The data show …

We develop a statistical framework to use satellite data on night lights to augment official
income growth measures. For countries with poor national income accounts, the optimal …