A novel method for grading urban socio-economic development levels based on NTL data and Landsat data

The normalization of assessing urban socio-economic development levels contributed to the formulation of sound urban development strategies. Traditional methods predominantly dependent on socio-economic statistics, frequently resulted in exorbitant data collection costs, significant time lags, and i...

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Main Authors: Xiang Hua, Jiehai Cheng, Yuke Meng, Rongji Luo
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/10106049.2025.2527932
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description The normalization of assessing urban socio-economic development levels contributed to the formulation of sound urban development strategies. Traditional methods predominantly dependent on socio-economic statistics, frequently resulted in exorbitant data collection costs, significant time lags, and incomplete spatial coverage. To address the deficiencies of current methods in terms of objectivity and real-time monitoring, this study integrated NTL and Landsat data with deep learning techniques to develop an automation identification methodology. This study developed a novel deep learning framework by integrating the VGG16 and U-Net architectures. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed hybrid model achieves strong performance in predicting urban socio-economic development levels, with an accuracy of 86.2%. Analyses of the seven major urban agglomerations in the Yellow River Basin (2011–2022) revealed divergent trends: the Central Plains and Shandong Peninsula Urban Agglomerations maintained continuous development throughout the 12-year period, while the other five exhibited minimal changes in socio-economic development levels.
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spelling doaj-art-bd9a89ce83814741a4cbd2bc3275ada72025-08-20T03:50:11ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGeocarto International1010-60491752-07622025-12-0140110.1080/10106049.2025.2527932A novel method for grading urban socio-economic development levels based on NTL data and Landsat dataXiang Hua0Jiehai Cheng1Yuke Meng2Rongji Luo3School of Surveying and Land Information Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, ChinaSchool of Surveying and Land Information Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, ChinaSchool of Surveying and Land Information Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, ChinaSchool of Surveying and Land Information Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, ChinaThe normalization of assessing urban socio-economic development levels contributed to the formulation of sound urban development strategies. Traditional methods predominantly dependent on socio-economic statistics, frequently resulted in exorbitant data collection costs, significant time lags, and incomplete spatial coverage. To address the deficiencies of current methods in terms of objectivity and real-time monitoring, this study integrated NTL and Landsat data with deep learning techniques to develop an automation identification methodology. This study developed a novel deep learning framework by integrating the VGG16 and U-Net architectures. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed hybrid model achieves strong performance in predicting urban socio-economic development levels, with an accuracy of 86.2%. Analyses of the seven major urban agglomerations in the Yellow River Basin (2011–2022) revealed divergent trends: the Central Plains and Shandong Peninsula Urban Agglomerations maintained continuous development throughout the 12-year period, while the other five exhibited minimal changes in socio-economic development levels.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/10106049.2025.2527932Urban socio-economic development levelsautomatic gradingYellow River Basinremote sensingdeep learning
spellingShingle Xiang Hua
Jiehai Cheng
Yuke Meng
Rongji Luo
A novel method for grading urban socio-economic development levels based on NTL data and Landsat data
Geocarto International
Urban socio-economic development levels
automatic grading
Yellow River Basin
remote sensing
deep learning
title A novel method for grading urban socio-economic development levels based on NTL data and Landsat data
title_full A novel method for grading urban socio-economic development levels based on NTL data and Landsat data
title_fullStr A novel method for grading urban socio-economic development levels based on NTL data and Landsat data
title_full_unstemmed A novel method for grading urban socio-economic development levels based on NTL data and Landsat data
title_short A novel method for grading urban socio-economic development levels based on NTL data and Landsat data
title_sort novel method for grading urban socio economic development levels based on ntl data and landsat data
topic Urban socio-economic development levels
automatic grading
Yellow River Basin
remote sensing
deep learning
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/10106049.2025.2527932
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