Remote sensing applications for vegetation management in urban environments
Vegetation has been identified as an essential component of healthy urban environments, and the benefits of urban vegetation range widely from influences on the physical conditions of the city to the social well-being of the people who reside in these areas. As a result, ongoing research is impo...
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University of British Columbia
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11502 |
| Summary: | Vegetation has been identified as an essential component of healthy urban environments, and the
benefits of urban vegetation range widely from influences on the physical conditions of the city
to the social well-being of the people who reside in these areas. As a result, ongoing research is
important to understand the dynamic spatial components of urban vegetation to help urban
planners and scholars manage this valuable resource.
Advanced remote sensing technologies, such as high spatial resolution sensors and laser
scanning devices, are useful tools for examining urban environments since they can capture
detailed information regarding the material and structural composition of the urban surface. By
providing a complete coverage of urban environments remote sensing technologies enable new
possibilities to quantify the contributions of urban vegetation for a wealth of active processes in
urban areas. The studies in this thesis examine several remote sensing devices to demonstrate
the influence of urban vegetation on both physical and social aspects of urban environments.
Three studies comprise the body of this work. They present new geographic techniques using
remote sensing for: 1) the detailed classification of urban vegetation conditions; 2) quantifying
the contribution of trees to solar radiation available for building rooftops; and 3) examining
socioeconomic disparities related to urban green-space. |
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