Ip Oi-ching. / Thesis submitted in: October 2001. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 142-152). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS --- p.ix / LIST OF TABLES --- p.xiv / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.xviii / LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.xxii / Chapter CHAPTER ONE --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1.1 --- Conceptual Framework --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Objectives --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- Significance --- p.5 / Chapter 1.4 --- Study Area --- p.6 / Chapter 1.5 --- Organization Of Thesis --- p.8 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO --- LITERATURE REVIEW / Chapter 2.1 --- Quality of Life and Indicators --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Scope of study for quality of life --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Development and evolution of quality of life studies --- p.13 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Quality of life indicators --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2 --- Quality of Life Studies using Remote Sensing data --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Attributes derived from remote sensing --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Environmental changes and landuse change --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Housing quality --- p.18 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Integration of remote sensing data and census data --- p.19 / Chapter 2.3 --- Quality of Life Study and Application of Remote Sensing in Hong Kong --- p.20 / Chapter 2.4 --- Summary --- p.22 / Chapter CHAPTER THREE --- METHODOLOGY / Chapter 3.1 --- Data Description --- p.24 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Biophysical data --- p.24 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Socioeconomic indices --- p.28 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Data extracted at Tertiary Planning Unit --- p.30 / Chapter 3.2 --- Satellite Data Preprocessing --- p.32 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Radiometric and atmospheric correction --- p.38 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Image normalization --- p.43 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Geometric correction --- p.44 / Chapter 3.3 --- Landuse and Land-cover Classification --- p.45 / Chapter 3.4 --- Spectral Data Extraction and Transformation --- p.47 / Chapter 3.5 --- Integration of Spectral and Census Data for Quality of Life Modeling --- p.49 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Inter-relationship between biophysical data and socioeconomic data --- p.50 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Integrated quality of life modeling --- p.50 / Chapter 3.6 --- Summary --- p.51 / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR --- DATA DESCRIPTION / Chapter 4.1 --- Socioeconomic Data --- p.53 / Chapter 4.2 --- Spectral Data --- p.62 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Raw data --- p.62 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Landuse and land cover --- p.63 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Vegetation indices --- p.66 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Tasseled cap components --- p.67 / Chapter 4.2.5 --- Surface temperature --- p.69 / Chapter 4.2.6 --- Principal components extracted from biophysical variables --- p.70 / Chapter 4.3 --- Summary --- p.79 / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE --- INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPECTRAL VARIABLES AND SOCIOECONOMIC VARIABLES / Chapter 5.1 --- Framework of Analysis --- p.82 / Chapter 5.2 --- Correlation among Socioeconomic and Biophysical data --- p.84 / Chapter 5.3 --- Stepwise Multiple Linear Regression Models --- p.91 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Biophysical data as dependent variable --- p.91 / Chapter 5.3.1.1 --- NDVI as dependent variable --- p.95 / Chapter 5.3.1.2 --- URBANM as dependent variable --- p.98 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Socioeconomic data as dependent variable --- p.101 / Chapter 5.3.2.1 --- POP´ؤDEN as dependent variable --- p.101 / Chapter 5.4 --- Summary and Discussion --- p.103 / Chapter CHAPTER SIX --- QUALITY OF LIFE ANALYSIS / Chapter 6.1 --- Indictors for Quality of Life Study --- p.105 / Chapter 6.2 --- QOL Indicators --- p.110 / Chapter 6.3 --- Spatial Variation of QOL --- p.114 / Chapter 6.4 --- Temporal Variation of QOL --- p.125 / Chapter 6.5 --- Summary and discussion --- p.131 / Chapter CHAPTER SEVEN --- CONCLUSION / Chapter 7.1 --- Summary of Findings --- p.134 / Chapter 7.1.1 --- Inter-relationship between socioeconomic and biophysical variables --- p.135 / Chapter 7.1.2 --- Quality of life indicators --- p.135 / Chapter 7.2 --- Limitations of the Study --- p.13 8 / Chapter 7.3 --- Recommendations for Further Studies --- p.140 / REFERENCES --- p.142 / APPENDIX A --- p.153 / APPENDIX B --- p.157 / APPENDIX C --- p.167
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_324008 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Contributors | Ip, Oi-ching., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Geography. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, xxii, 175 leaves : ill., maps (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm. |
| Coverage | China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China), Hong Kong (China), Hong Kong (China), Hong Kong (China) |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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