Statistical Analysis and Neuro-fuzzy Classification of Polarimetric Sar Images of Urban Areas

There is a rapidly growing need for technologies that will enable the monitoring of the world's natural resources and urban assets, and managing exposure to natural and human-made (i.e. technological) risk. This need is driven by continued, geographically disproportionate urbanization, inherent vulnerability and exposure to risk therein and the stress placed on natural resource capacity. Consider that about 74% of the world's population in developed countries lives in urban regions that are tectonically active, near the coast and/or within river floodplains, deltas and alluvial systems. The growing need for risk assessment and environmental management represents an enormous scientific challenge.