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Mega Urban Changes and Impacts in the Decade of the 2000s.

 

This is an InterDisciplinary Science (IDS) research supported by the NASA Land-Cover / Land-Use Change Program, led by the PI S. V. Nghiem of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. The objective is to investigate impacts of urban changes on the environment during the unprecedented growth of large cities (mega-urbanization) in the decade of 2000s. We study these environmental changes, among others: urban heat island, urban dome, greenhouse gas emission, and pollutions in the atmosphere and water systems across various urban regions in different continents. We also study demographic factors associated with urbanization during this decade of change including population distribution, population dynamics and changes in livelihoods such as housing, living arrangements and socioeconomic status. We use decadal data from multiple satellites, measurements from aircraft campaigns and surface networks, and socioeconomic, together with modeling from the global through urban scale.





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Investigators and Collaborators

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Columbia University

Stanford University

City University of New York

University of Milan

University of Bremen

Arizona State University

Purdue University

Carnegie Institution for Science

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

The World Bank

University of Southampton

University of Padova

University of Bologna

University of Parma

ARPA Emilia Romagna

IFAC-CNR

University of Colorado

University of Minnesota

IAH italian Chapter

Université Libre de Bruxelles

WorldPop

University of Florence

LMU/LA Center for Urban Resilience

University of Louisville

Chapman University

South Dakota State University

JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE - Global Human Settlement Layer

Western Michigan University

Charles University in Prague

University of Nottingham

Geological Survey of Finland