Table 4 Characterization of traditional village types under different clustering methods.

From: Multi-scale comparison of the formation mechanisms in landscape genes of traditional villages

Indicators

k-modes

k-prototypes

Type 1

Type 2

Type 3

Type 4

Type 1

Type 2

Type 3

Type 4

Terrain

Mountain

Hill

Plain

Hill

Mountain

Hill

Plain

Hill

River System

Huai River System

Hai River System

Hai River System

Yellow River System

Huai River System

Hai River System

Hai River System

Hai River System

Settlement Distribution

Clustered

Clustered

Clustered

Clustered

Clustered

Clustered

Clustered

Clustered

Road Network

Grid

Fishbone

Fishbone

Fishbone

Grid/Fishbone

Fishbone

Fishbone

Fishbone

Residential Style

Mixed

Complete Retention

Complete Retention

Basic Retention

Mixed

Complete Retention

Complete Retention

Basic Retention

Architectural Pattern

Clump

Clump

Line

Clump

Clump

Clump

Line

Clump

Indicators

k-modes

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Type 1

Type 2

Type 3

Type 4

Elevation

293.24

336.03

311.24

782.12

274.32

387.58

563.63

385.83

Distance to River

6345.34

11,432.42

6227.25

9205.97

7735.53

10,963.71

19,026.14

2546.55

Shape Index

2.74

4.64

2.83

3.18

3.08

3.25

3.62

3.20

Fractal Dimension

1.07

1.16

1.08

1.10

1.09

1.10

1.12

1.09

Farness

110.59

128.39

118.80

312.53

125.37

144.45

192.70

138.93

Connection

0.51

0.32

0.37

0.56

0.52

0.39

0.31

0.41

Betweenness

0.55

0.45

0.43

0.63

0.58

0.48

0.45

0.46

Mixing Degree

0.19

0.40

0.63

0.58

0.43

0.44

0.44

0.38

Area Consistency

0.71

0.70

0.71

0.65

0.75

0.65

0.67

0.70

Distance Consistency

2.83

2.45

1.82

1.89

2.33

2.00

2.76

2.44

Angle Consistency

1.82

1.14

1.27

1.13

1.59

1.25

1.04

1.50