Urban Three-dimensional Expansion and Its Driving Forces——A Case Study of Shanghai,China

• 机 构: Institute of Urban Environment,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Xiamen 361003,China
• 出 处: Chinese Geographical Science
• 发表日期: 2009年04期

Urban expansion is a phenomenon of urban space increase,and an important measuring index of the process of urbanization.Taking Shanghai as an example,the changes of urban average height and built-up area were studied to represent citys vertical and ho