QUANTIFY HISTORICAL GLOBAL URBAN DYNAMIC USING THE US AIRFORCE DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES PROGRAM/OPERATIONAL LINESCAN SYSTEM (DMSP/OLS)NIGHTTIME LIGHTS DATA UNDERSTAND ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHIC POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DRIVERS SIMULATE THE FUTURE URBAN EXPANSION USING THE SLOPE LAND USE EXCLUDED LAND URBAN EXTENT TRANSPORTATION HILLSHADING (SLEUTH) MODEL AND GLOBAL CHANGE ASSESSMENT MODEL.

Iowa State University Of Science And Technology

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