Table of Contents
WG VIII/1: Human Settlements and Impact Analysis
Impact of Corridor Structure on Urban Heat Island in Beijing, China
Mingyi DU, Weixian SUN, Yurong CHEN 1
Historical Aerial Photographs and Digital Photogrammetry for Impact Analyses on Derelict Land Sites in
Human Settlement Areas
Andreas P. Redecker. 5
Spatial Structure of Land Use Dynamics in Kathmandu Valley
Rajesh Bahadur Thapa, Yuji Murayama 11
New Airborne Thermal Infrared Photogrammetric Applications and Sensors for Moistrure Detection
Rudi Vasel, Gerhard Kemper, Rainer Schuhmann, Franz KOniger 17
Object-Oriented Detection of Urban Areas from TerraSAR-X Data
M. Thiel, T. Esch, A. Schenk 23
Land Cover Changes in the Region of Rostock - Can Remote Sensing and GIS Help to Verify and
Consolidate Official Census Data?
A. Al-Hassideh, R. Bill 27
Satellite Imagery and LIDAR Data for Efficiently Describing Structures and Densities in Residential Urban
Land Use Classification
B. I. Alhaddad, J. Roca, M. C. Burns, J. Garcia 35
Model-Based Estimation of Impervious Surface by Application of Support Vector Machines
T. Esch, C. Conrad, G. Schorcht, M. Thiel, T Wehrmann, S. Dech 41
The Problem of the IHS Method Which Exists in the QUICK-BIRD Image Fusion and the Improvement of It
Zhang Rongqun, Zhai Huiqing, Gao Lingling 45
Spectral Analysis of Building Materials Used in Japan
M. Mori, T. Iwata, Y. Minami, S. Kato, Y. Akamatsu.... 49
The Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in the Stability Evaluation of Goaves
Wan Yuqing, Kuang Jingshui, Sun Shunxing, Zhou Riping 55
Automatic Extraction of Buildings from High Resolution Satellite Images
M. Ettarid, M. Rouchdi, L. Labouab 61
Identifying the Location and Distribution of the Open-Air Dumps of Solid Wastes Using Remote Sensing
Technique
Liu Yalan, Ren Yuhuan, Wang Aihua, Zhou Huizhen 67
Remote Sensing of Impervious Surface Area for Improved Hydrologic Modelling
Y. Zhou, Y.Q. Wang 73
Impervious Surface Change in Beijing from 1984 to 2001
Xueping Liu, Xiaohang Liu 79
The Ecological and Economic Methods of Analysis of the Urban Transport System
Baigabulova Zh., Suleimenova K., Bekmagambetova J., Suleimenov 1 83
Sugarcane Expansion Near to Agrarian Reform Settlements: a Case Study of Pontal, Brazil
F. L. M. Freitas, G. Sparovek 89
Analysis of Urban Planning in Isa Town Using Geographic Information Systems Techniques
Lamya HAIDER, Mohamed AIT BELAID, Anwar S. Khalil 95
Analysis of Vegetation Distribution in Urban Areas: Spatial Analysis Approach on a Regional Scale
Kiichiro Kumagai 101
