Nighttime Lights as a Proxy for Economic Performance of Regions

• Other Authors: Rybnikova, Nataliya (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; population reorganization; population density; spatiotemporal patterns; DMSP-OLS; NPP-VIIRS; Chongqing; education inequality; nighttime light; urbanization; sustainable development; human development; urban hotspot delineation; Zipf's law; intra-urban scaling; street nodes; VIIRS imagery; kernel density estimation; Luojia 1-01 satellite; spatial resolution; searching radius threshold; urban built-up area; attention-augmented CNN; nightlight; fine-grained GDP estimation; daytime satellite imagery; arbitrary area representation; Luojia 1-01; MNUACI; urban area; urban remote sensing; VIIRS; DMSP; GDP; nighttime lights; cross-sectional; time-series; economic statistics; n/a; functional urban areas (FUAs); boundaries; multiple regression modelling; artificial light-at-night (ALAN); optimal threshold; shadow economy; Iran; sanctions; JCPOA; economic inequality; nighttime light emissions; spatial measurement
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Studying and managing regional economic development in the current globalization era demands prompt, reliable, and comparable estimates for a region's economic performance. Night-time lights (NTL) emitted from residential areas, entertainment places, industrial facilities, etc., and captured by...