Urban development 

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/AAAS/

http://landsat.usgs.gov//about_project_descriptions.php

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=10381

http://www.theglobalist.com/the-future-of-urban-development/

http://www.urbanheatislands.com/home 

http://www.nber.org/papers/w7120.pdf

https://www.sensorsandsystems.com/article/features/13931-remote-sensing-and-urban-planning-a-common-future-.html

http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXVI/8-W27/moeller.pdf

http://landcoverchange.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/schneider_2012.pdf

http://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing

http://www.urbanclimate.gatech.edu/pubs/Urban%20Form%20and%20Thermal%20Efficiency.pdf

http://www.theglobalist.com/the-future-of-urban-development/

http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~small/PDF/ISRSE_SmallMiller.pd

http://weburbanist.com/2011/02/21/then-now-the-stunning-speed-of-urban-development/

http://qihaoweng.net/refereed%20journal/jem04.pdf