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Mapping regional economic activity from night-time light satellite imagery
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In this paper, night-time radiance data is analysed along with regional economic productivity data for 11 European Union countries along with the United States at a number of sub-national levels.About:
This article is published in Ecological Economics.The article was published on 2006-04-15. It has received 572 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: European union & Gross Regional Product.read more
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Measuring Economic Growth from Outer Space
TL;DR: A statistical framework is developed that uses satellite data on lights growth to augment existing income growth measures, under the assumption that measurement error in using observed light as an indicator of income is uncorrelated with measurementerror in national income accounts.
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Measuring Economic Growth from Outer Space
TL;DR: In this paper, satellite data on lights at night is used to augment existing income growth measures, under the assumption that measurement errors in using observed light as an indicator of income is uncorrelated with measurement error in national income accounts.
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Pre-colonial Ethnic Institutions and Contemporary African Development
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of deeply rooted pre-colonized ethnic institutions in shaping comparative regional development within African countries is investigated, where the authors combine information on the spatial distribution of ethnicities before colonization with regional variation in contemporary economic performance as proxied by satellite images of light density at night.
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Mapping urbanization dynamics at regional and global scales using multi-temporal DMSP/OLS nighttime light data
Qingling Zhang,Karen C. Seto +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors illustrate the use of multi-temporal nighttime light (NTL) data from the US Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellites Program/Operational Linescan System (DMSP/OLS) to monitor urban change at regional and global scales.
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The Dark Side of Light: A Transdisciplinary Research Agenda for Light Pollution Policy
Franz Hölker,Timothy Moss,Barbara Griefahn,Werner Kloas,Christian C. Voigt,Dietrich Henckel,Andreas Hänel,Peter M. Kappeler,Stephan Völker,Axel Schwope,Steffen Franke,Dirk Uhrlandt,Jürgen Fischer,Reinhard Klenke,Christian Wolter,Klement Tockner +15 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a transdisciplinary understanding of the significance of the night, and its loss, for humans and the natural systems upon which we depend, is presented, with a strong focus on energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions.
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Night-time lights of the world: 1994–1995
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TL;DR: The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System (OLS) has a unique low-light imaging capability developed for the detection of clouds using moonlight.
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Global estimates of market and non-market values derived from nighttime satellite imagery, land cover, and ecosystem service valuation
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors estimated global marketed and non-marketed economic value from two classified satellite images with global coverage at 1 km2 resolution, which is the first global map of estimated economic activity produced at this high spatial resolution (1 km2).