Abstract
Artificial nighttime lights, emitted from residential, industrial, commercial and entertainment areas, and captured by satellites, have proven to be a reliable proxy for on-ground human activities [...]
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Since the end of the 1990s, nighttime light data have been used to monitor population concentrations and to assess the economic performance of countries and regions. Studies of this kind have been increasing in an avalanche-like manner, and with nighttime lights being used as a proxy for even more sophisticated things
The reason is that nighttime light data are a very promising tool to catch the patterns of human activities remotely
Summary
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Since the end of the 1990s, nighttime light data have been used to monitor population concentrations and to assess the economic performance of countries and regions (see, for instance, [1,2]). The reason is that nighttime light data are a very promising tool to catch the patterns of human activities remotely.
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