Urbanization as a Component of Global Change, Boston University

A global map of urban areas
The Global Urban Map.

A global view of the map of urban areas produced in this research using the fusion of MODIS data, Nighttime Lights data and Gridded Population data. For more information on the Global Land Cover Mapping project (shown in grey above) at Boston University, click here.

To download a generic binary version of the map of urban areas produced in this research, click here. Continental subsets are also available.




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Urban Areas Research
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