The Department of Remote Sensing recently applied for a time series of RapidEye scenes to support a PhD thesis by Christian Bauer (Dep. of Remote Sensing, Würzburg) in the context of the project LaVaCCA. The proposal has recently been accepted, and the PhD work of Christian Bauer will be supported by a time series of RapidEye scenes acquired over two irrigated landscapes, Khorezm and Elliqkala, in Uzbekistan.
Urbanization in China – A review of 12 years of research
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...