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Current Weather Urban/Suburban Resolution Considerations Land Use/Land Cover Population Estimation Quality of Life Indicators Reminder: Read rest of Chapter 13 for next class! Remote Sensing of the Human Environment

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Urban Remote Sensing Users

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Zoning regulation Commerce and economic development Tax assessor Transportation and utilities Parks, recreation, and tourism Emergency management Real Estate Developers Zoning regulation Commerce and economic development Tax assessor Transportation and utilities Parks, recreation, and tourism Emergency management Real Estate Developers

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What are the 5 major stages of residential development identified by Jensen and Toll (1983)?

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Urban/Suburban Temporal Resolution Considerations Partial or complete clearing Land subdivision Roads Buildings Landscaping Partial or complete clearing Land subdivision Roads Buildings Landscaping

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Stages of Development

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1994 1996 Sun City Hilton Head

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1995 1975

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1974 1,040 urban hectares1994 3,263 urban hectares 315% increase1974 1,040 urban hectares1994 3,263 urban hectares 315% increase

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Remote Sensing Resolution Requirements Remote Sensing Resolution Requirements

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Urban Remote Sensing Minimum spatial resolution of 0.25 5 m Minimum of four pixels within an object to identify (one-half the width of the smallest dimension - i.e. 5 m mobile homes requires at least 2.5 m data) Role of shape, size, texture, orientation, pattern, shadow Land use vs. land cover? Minimum spatial resolution of 0.25 5 m Minimum of four pixels within an object to identify (one-half the width of the smallest dimension - i.e. 5 m mobile homes requires at least 2.5 m data) Role of shape, size, texture, orientation, pattern, shadow Land use vs. land cover?

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Observations: There are a number of remote sensing systems that currently provide some of the desired urban/socio-economic information when the spatial resolution required is > 5 x 5 m and the temporal resolution is between 1 and 55 days. There are a number of remote sensing systems that currently provide some of the desired urban/socio-economic information when the spatial resolution required is > 5 x 5 m and the temporal resolution is between 1 and 55 days. As demonstrated, very high spatial resolution data ( 5 x 5 m and the temporal resolution is between 1 and 55 days. As demonstrated, very high spatial resolution data (