Paper
Correlation of Human Activities with Population and GDP in Chinese Cities —Based on the Data of DMSP-OLS
- Authors:
- Yongling Yao
- Abstract
- Intensive activities occur in urban areas with economic factors and population agglomerating near cities. This paper sets up the connection between the light brightness with DMSP-OLS images and the combined factors of population and gross domestic product (GDP) with an allometric model at the scale of prefecture-level cities in China. LS regression results show that economic factors predict human activities more than population factors do. It implies that mega cities with compact urban areas are most effective for human urban activities.
- Keywords
- Human Activities; GDP; Population; DMSP; Allometric Model; Correlation
- StartPage
- 125
- EndPage
- 128
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