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Urban change
Urban change monitoring maps built-up expansion, densification, impervious-surface transition, and settlement structure for planning indicators from neighbourhood to national scale.[1][2][3] Landsat visible and infrared reflectivity supports quantification of changes from pervious to impervious surfaces.[1] Landsat observations capture urban growth patterns and support monitoring impacts of land-use change for planning.[1] Global built-up and settlement products use multi-temporal satellite observations to map urbanization and settlement structure.[1][2][3] Optical, SAR, night-light, and ancillary time series support urban extent, change maps, imperviousness, growth trajectories, and planning indicators.[1][2][3]
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- [1]NASA Landsat urban development applicationsagency doc2026-05-27
- [2]DLR World Settlement Footprint 3Dagency doc2026-05-27
- [3]NASA NTRS: Mapping urban expansion using multi-source remote sensingagency doc2026-05-27
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Urban change. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V., last reviewed 2026-05-27. https://eo-atlas.org/topics/urban-change (CC BY 4.0)
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@misc{eoatlas:topics:urban-change,
title = {Urban change},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
year = {2026},
note = {Last reviewed 2026-05-27. CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/topics/urban-change}
}