Large disagreements in estimates of urban land across scales and their implications

Chakraborty, TC; Venter, Zander S.; Demuzere, Matthias; Zhan, Wenfeng; Gao, Jing; Zhao, Lei; Qian, Yun

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Title: Large disagreements in estimates of urban land across scales and their implications

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