# The Stern Urbanization Project's work on the Atlas of Urban Expansion is highlighted

1 School News January 17, 2017 ![Planetizen logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/planetizen.jpg?itok=_LK8bGs4)>

Excerpt from [Planetizen](https://www.planetizen.com/node/90743) -- "This project by New York University, UN-Habitat the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, and numerous collaborators is a comprehensive, ongoing research program to monitor quantitative and qualitative aspects of global urban expansion. The project used medium-resolution Landsat satellite imagery and census data to analyze how these cities grew between 1990 and 2014."

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