Spatial dynamics and patterns of urbanization: The example of Chinese megacities using multitemporal EO data

This paper deals with the following main aims contributing to the GEO framework as well as to existing studies using remote sensing to map and monitor urbanization systematically: • Maximizing the time period for monitoring the spatial effects of urbanization based on EO data to a span of almost 40 years (~1975–2011) • Mapping and monitoring systematically and consistently today’s four megacities in China • Measuring and comparing spatial patterns for derivation of new insights on the spatial effects of urbanizatio