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growth and territorial management in general, as suggested by
the NASA report referred to in section 2.1 (NASA, 2001).
Spot 3 1995 and Spot 5 2003
Figure 7: Contrast between the
images for Barcelona
© SPOT Image Copyright 1995/2003, CNES
Having said that, from a planning and monitoring perspective,
the clear advantage of the increased resolution afforded through
the 2003 image lies in enhanced possibilities of results
emanating from the classification process. The greater degree of
precision afforded by the pixels, will guarantee considerably
less error than will occur with the classification resulting from
the images with the lower resolution. It is here precisely this
aspect that is of greatest interest to the MMAMB, as the formal
end user of the results of this dynamic study of the Metropolitan
Area of Barcelona.
References from Journals:
Wilson, E. H. et. al., 2003. Development of a geospatial model
to quantify, describe and map urban growth. Remote sensing of
environment, 86, pp. 275-285.
References from Books:
Office of Management and Budget, 1990. Revised standards for
defining metropolitan areas in the 1990s. Federal Register, 30
March 1990.
References from Other Literature:
CPSV, 2001. The territorial and functional characterisation of
the Spanish metropolitan areas, Final Report, November 2001,
UPC, Barcelona.
European Environment Agency, 2002. Towards an urban atlas:
assessment of spatial data on 25 European cities and urban
areas, EEA, Copenhagen.
Lavalle, C. et. al, 2002. Monitoring and forecasting the
dynamics of European urban areas — the territorial approach as
key for urban development strategies. Paper presented to the
EURA Conference on urban and Spatial European policies:
Levels of Territorial Government, Turin, 18-20 April 2002.
References from websites:
METREX, 1999, The Metropolitan Magna Carta of Spatial
Planning and Development Intent (The Porto Declaration)
NASA, 2001. Satellite maps provide better urban sprawl
insight. NASA News Release, 2 June 2001.
Acknowledgements:
The authors gratefully acknowledge the support provided by
CNES and SPOT Image enabling the participation of the UPC
and MMAMB in the SPOT 5 Application and Validation
Programme (SAVP).
Similarly the authors acknowledge the technical expertise and
assistance provided by Bahaa Eddin Al Haddad and Joaquim
Garcia Strino in the development of this research project.
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