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Landsat 7 20 Year Urbanization West of Shenzhen, China
The long operational history of the Landsat satellite allows a detailed study of urban growth around the world, as illustrated by this animation of urbanization around Shenzen, China.

This annimation zooms down to Shenzhen, China and dissolves between images of city from 1973 to 2001.    This annimation zooms down to Shenzhen, China and dissolves between images of city from 1973 to 2001.
Duration: 474.5 minutes
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1973    1973

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1975    1975

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1977    1977

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1978    1978

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1979    1979

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1980    1980

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1988    1988

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1989    1989

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1992    1992

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1993    1993

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1994    1994

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2000    2000

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Animation Number:2762
Completed:2003-05-29
Animators:Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC) (Lead)
 Marte Newcombe (GST)
Scientists:Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC)
 Karen Seto (Stanford University)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:Landsat-1/MSS
 Landsat-2/MSS
 Landsat-3/MSS
 Landsat-4/TM
 Landsat-5/TM
 Landsat-7/ETM+
 Terra/MODIS/Blue Marble
Data Collected:1973,1975,1977,1978, 1979, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001
Series:Landsat 7
Keywords:
DLESE >> Human geography
SVS >> Reclamation
SVS >> Shenzhen
SVS >> Sprawl
SVS >> Urbanization
GCMD >> Location >> China
GCMD >> Location >> Hong Kong
This work has been visible on
'10,000 Shovels: Rapid Urban Growth in China' a documentary film

also part of a 87 page teaching module through the Standford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education available at (http://spice.standford.edu/catalog/list )

Science paper:http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=ruk29vgger44xvve
 
 
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