Includes bibliographical references and index.

Urban and suburban areas as a research topic for remote sensing -- The structure and form of urban settlements -- Defining urban areas -- The spectral dimension in urban remote sensing -- The spatial and temporal nature of urban objects -- The V-I-S model: quantifying the urban environment -- A survey of the evolution of remote sensing imaging systems and urban remote sensing applications -- Classification of urban areas: inferring land use from the interpretation of land cover -- Processing techniques for hyperspectral data -- Segmentation and object-based image analysis -- Data fusion in remote sensing of urban and suburban areas -- Characterization and monitoring of urban / peri-urban ecological function and landscape structure using satellite data -- Remote sensing of desert cities in developing countries -- Remote sensing of urban environmental conditions -- Remote sensing of urban land use change in developing countries: an example from B̈üyükçekmece, Istanbul, Turkey -- Using satellite images in policing urban environments -- Using DMSP OLS imagery to characterize urban populations in developed and developing countries.