The world has experienced a tremendous wave of urbanization. In 1975, 37.7% of the world's population lived in urban areas; 50 years later in 2025, this figure has risen to 58.3%. In China, in particular, the dynamics were even more dramatic: in 1975, only 17.4% of...

Researchers from the China University of Mining and Technology in Xuzhou, the Nanjing University in Nanjing, the Earth Observation Center (EOC) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen and our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) of the University...

New publication on built-up height mapping using remote sensing data   Researchers from the China Agricultural University in Beijing, the Meteorological Administration in Beijing, the Tsinghua University in Beijing, the East China Normal University in Shanghai,...