Paul C. Sutton

Degrees

1999 PhD, geography, University of California-Santa Barbara
1997 MA, statistics, University of California-Santa Barbara
1995 MA, geography, University of California-Santa Barbara
1983 BS, chemistry. Union College

Research Interests

The population-environment-development problematic that is strongly associated with the idea of ‘sustainable development’ remains with us today despite the pioneering works of Malthus, Hardin, Erhlich, Smil, Boserup, and countless others. Until only recently, research into the ‘sustainability’ problematic has not used the triumvarate power of remote sensing, geographic information science, and statistics to map, measure, and analyze the dynamics of human-environment relations. The broad problems outlined by these pioneers now have to be dealt with more specifically. My research focuses on three particular areas: Urbanization, Spatial Demography, and Carrying Capacity. In addition, the approach I take toward these problems is strongly influenced by recent developments in remote sensing (empirical measurements), geographic information science (analytical capability), and the inferential potential of statistics (theory).

Recent Publications

• Sutton, Paul; Anderson, Sharolyn; Tuttle, Benjamin; Morse, Lauren (2011) The real wealth of nations: Mapping and monetizing the human ecological footprint Ecological Indicators ISSN 1470-160X, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.03.008.
• Whalley, Brian; Saunders, Angharad; Lewis, Robin; Buenemann, Michela; Sutton, Paul (2011) Curriculum Development – producing geographers for the 21st Century Journal of Geography in Higher Education 35(3)
• Anderson, Sharolyn J. , Tuttle, Benjamin T. , Powell, Rebecca L. and Sutton, Paul C. (2010) 'Characterizing relationships between population density and nighttime imagery for Denver, Colorado: issues of scale and representation', International Journal of Remote Sensing, 31: 21, 5733 — 5746
• Ghosh, Tilottama, Christopher D. Elvidge, Paul C. Sutton, Kimberly E. Baugh, Daniel Ziskin and Benjamin T. Tuttle (2010) Creating a Global Grid of Distributed Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions from Nighttime Satellite Imagery Energies , 3(12), 1895-1913; doi:10.3390/en3121895 http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/3/12/1895/pdf
• Ghosh, Tilotamma; Powell, Rebecca; Elvidge, Christopher; Baugh ,Kimberly; Sutton, Paul; Anderson, Sharolyn. (2010) Shedding Light on the Global Distribution of Economic Activity The Open Geography Journal 3 147-160
• Ghosh, Tilottama., Powell, Rebecca.L., Anderson, Sharolyn. Sutton, Paul.C. Elvidge, Christopher.D., (2010), Informal Economy And Remittance Estimates of India Using Nighttime Imagery, International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statisitics, 17
• Sutton, Paul C.; Anderson, Sharolyn, J.; Elvidge, Christopher D.; Tuttle, Benjamin, T.; Ghosh, Tilottama (2009) Paving the Planet: Impervious Surface as a Proxy Measure of the Human Ecological Footprint Progress in Physical Geography 33(4) pp. 1-18
• Sutton, Paul C.; Fildes, Stephen; Forster, Clive; Ghosh, Tilottama; Goetz, Andrew (2009) Darkness on the Edge of Town: Mapping Urban and Peri-Urban Australia Using Nighttime Satellite Imagery Professional Geographer 62(1) pp. 119-133
• Ghosh, Tilottama; Anderson, Sharolyn; Powell, Rebecca L.; Sutton, Paul C.; Elvidge, Christopher D. (2009) Estimation of Mexico‟s Informal Economy and Remittances Using Nighttime Imagery Remote sensing 1, 418-444; doi:10.3390/rs1030418 (http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/1/3/418/pdf )
• Elvidge, Christopher D.; Sutton, Paul, C.; Ghosh, Tilottama; Tuttle, Benjamin, T.; Baugh, Kimberly E.; Bhaduri, Budhendra; Bright, Edward (2009) A global poverty map derived from satellite data Computers and Geosciences 35 pp 1652-1660
• Book Chapters
• Elvidge, C.D., Baugh, K.E., Sutton, P.C., Bhaduri, B., Tuttle, B.T., Ghosh, T., Ziskin, D., Erwin, E.H., 2010, "Who's In The Dark: Satellite Based Estimates Of Electrification Rates", Urban Remote Sensing: Monitoring, Synthesis and Modeling in the Urban Environment, Ed. Xiaojun Yang, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK
• Sutton, P.C., M.J. Taylor, C.D. Elvidge, 2010, "Using DMSP OLS Imagery to Characterize Urban Populations in Developed and Developing Countries", Remote Sensing of Urban and Suburban Areas, Ed. Rashed, Tarek; Jürgens, Carsten, Springer, 329-348Kluwer Academic Press ISBN-10 1402043716
• Elvidge, C.D., Sutton, P.C., Tuttle, B.T., Ghosh, T., Baugh, K.E, 2009, "Global Urban Mapping Based on Nighttime Lights", Global Mapping of Human Settlement, Chapter 6, 129 – 144