This book presents a unique collection of state-of-the-art contributions by international remote sensing experts focussing on methodologies to extract information about urban areas from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data. SAR is an active remote sensing technique capable to gather data independently from sun light and weather conditions. Emphasizing technical and geometrical issues the potential and limits of SAR are addressed in focussed case studies, for example, the detection of buildings and roads, traffic monitoring, surface deformation monitoring, and urban change.

本书介绍了国际遥感专家对从合成孔径雷达（SAR）数据中提取城市区域信息的方法的最新贡献的独特集合。SAR是一种主动遥感技术，能够独立于太阳光和天气条件收集数据。强调技术和几何问题，在重点案例研究中讨论了SAR的潜力和局限性，例如，建筑物和道路检测、交通监测、地表变形监测和城市变化。