Quantifying urbanization levels on the Tibetan Plateau with high-resolution nighttime light data

The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is undergoing rapid urbanization. To improve urban sustainability and construct ecological security barriers, it is essential to quantify the spatial patterns of urbanization level on the TP, but the existing studies on the topic have been limited by the lack of socioeconomi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yihang Wang, Zhifeng Liu, Chunyang He, Pei Xia, Ziwen Liu, Haimeng Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Geography and Sustainability
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666683920300419