Kleynhans, WSalmon, B2013-01-092013-01-092012-10Kleynhans, W and Salmon, B. 2012. Monitoring informal settlements using SAR polarimetry. 9th International Conference, African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE), Eljadida, Morocco, 29 October - 2 November 2012http://www.aarse2012.org/http://hdl.handle.net/10204/64169th International Conference, African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE), Eljadida, Morocco, 29 October - 2 November 2012The most pervasive form of land-cover change in South Africa is human settlement expansion. In many cases, new human settlements and settlement expansion are informal and occur in areas that were previously covered by natural vegetation. The spatial layout is often not planned, but informally developed by the inhabitants of the settlements themselves. The use of optical satellite data for the detection and mapping of new informal settlements has been an active research topic, but the use of SAR data for settlement mapping and detection has remained largely unexplored in Southern Africa. The objective of this study is to investigate the possible role that SAR polarimetry could play in the monitoring of informal settlements.enSynthetic Aperture RadarPolarimetryHuman settlement expansionInformal settlementsConference PresentationKleynhans, W., & Salmon, B. (2012). Monitoring informal settlements using SAR polarimetry. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6416Kleynhans, W, and B Salmon. "Monitoring informal settlements using SAR polarimetry." (2012): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6416Kleynhans W, Salmon B, Monitoring informal settlements using SAR polarimetry; 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6416 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Kleynhans, W AU - Salmon, B AB - The most pervasive form of land-cover change in South Africa is human settlement expansion. In many cases, new human settlements and settlement expansion are informal and occur in areas that were previously covered by natural vegetation. The spatial layout is often not planned, but informally developed by the inhabitants of the settlements themselves. The use of optical satellite data for the detection and mapping of new informal settlements has been an active research topic, but the use of SAR data for settlement mapping and detection has remained largely unexplored in Southern Africa. The objective of this study is to investigate the possible role that SAR polarimetry could play in the monitoring of informal settlements. DA - 2012-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Synthetic Aperture Radar KW - Polarimetry KW - Human settlement expansion KW - Informal settlements LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 T1 - Monitoring informal settlements using SAR polarimetry TI - Monitoring informal settlements using SAR polarimetry UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6416 ER -