Aim
Aim of this course is to provide you with an overview on geographic processes of urbanization, the related demographic and structural changes of cities, and data analyses methods using remote sensing data for applications in urban geography.
Content
Humankind is within its largest migration ever: from rural areas into cities. The drivers of this global process of urbanization from demographic to economic and the related structural changes cities are facing will be discussed in this course. Remote sensing is one crucial data source in this dynamic transformation and its products are highly relevant for urban planning, as well as environmental management. Within this course different approaches and techniques are covered focusing on deriving relevant information about urbanized areas on different levels of detail. Uni-temporal-, multi-temporal-, and time series based image classification, segmentation, the analyses of point patterns, GIS analyses to assess spatial context and dependencies, as well as analyses in the 3D domain will be addressed in this course. This will be done providing and discussing example applications from different regions globally (e.g. urban sprawl analysis of megacities, the development of new dimensions of urban landscapes such as mega-regions, the rearrangement of business districts within the urban landscape, etc.). You will learn what capabilities Earth observation data, methods and products have for urban research and applications and how to design remote sensing based urban analysis, how to avoid caveats, troubleshoot errors and interpret the results.
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scientific graphics course
Beside the various remote sensing courses such as radar, cloud computing, terrain analysis, urban analysis etc. we do also offer courses on softskills such as scientific writing, presentations as well scientific graphics and maps. Within our scientific graphics course...
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Our EAGLE students Leonie, Sonja and Clara presented methods to model the spatial and temporal distribution of locust in France using statistical modelling approaches within R and the flexSDM package. The elaborated for two hours how the complex data preparation,...
Internship Presentation: Discovering Hydrographic Parameters of HydroSHEDS and TanDEM-X Digital Elevation Model through Exploratory Data Analysis on July 09, 2024
On Tuesday, July 09, Subarno Shankar will present his internship " Discovering Hydrographic Parameters of HydroSHEDS and TanDEM-X Digital Elevation Model through Exploratory Data Analysis " at 12:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: Climate...
Master Thesis Presentation: Earth Observation for Wildlife Monitoring in cold and polar Regions – A Review and a Case Study about the Northern Bald Ibis on June 11, 2024
On Tuesday, June 11 , Helena Wehner will defend her master thesis " Earth Observation for Wildlife Monitoring in cold and polar Regions – A Review and a Case Study about the Northern Bald Ibis" at 13:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract:...
Master Thesis Presentation: Analysis of Urban Heat Development in Dresden, Germany using Landsat Data from the Past Decade
On Tuesday, May 28, Ina Schulz will defend her master thesis " Analysis of urban heat development in Dresden, Germany using Landsat data from the past decade" at 12:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: As the number of urban residents is...
Master Thesis Presentation: Modelling LAI of Alpine Grassland on June 11, 2024
On Tuesday, June 11 , Caroline Göhner will defend her master thesis " Modelling LAI of Alpine Grassland" at 12:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: Alpine grasslands are crucial ecosystem providers and one of the most threatened terrestrial...
Internship Report on Tuesday, May 21st at 12:00
NEW DATE: On Tuesday, May 21st, Elly Schmid will present her internship at 12:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. : From the abstract: The internship was carried out as part of the HEATS-(Urban heat) Project of the Georisks team at the Earth Observation...
Spatial Earth Observation R packages by our EAGLEs
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publication by our EAGLE Ben Lee
Our EAGLE Ben conducted an internship during his EAGLE studies which led to a new publication on "Predicting resilience of migratory birds to environmental change" jointly with the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Section Polar...
EAGLE student Konstantin Müller completed an internship at IRIDeS in Japan
Our EAGLE M.Sc. student Konstantin Müller successfully completed a three-month internship at The International Research Institute for Disaster Science (IRIDeS) in Japan. IRIDeS is a leading institute dedicated to advancing research and understanding in the field of...