Beijing quadrupled in size in a decade, NASA finds
Friday, June 26, 2015 - 06:30
in Earth & Climate
A new study by scientists using data from NASA's QuikScat satellite has demonstrated a novel technique to quantify urban growth based on observed changes in physical infrastructure. The researchers used the technique to study the rapid urban growth in Beijing, China, finding that its physical area quadrupled between 2000 and 2009.