Table 4 Importance of the socio-environmental factors in development of rural settlements resulted from simple linear regression analysis.
Independent variable | Constant | R | F | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Elevation (x1) | 32.589 | − 0.723 | 985.646 | 0.00 |
Slope (x2) | 730.724 | − 0.721 | 37.828 | 0.00 |
Aspect (x3) | 4.726 | 0.010 | 0.539 | 0.02 |
Distance to main river (x4) | 22.867 | − 0.177 | 0.418 | 0.00 |
Distance to tributary (x5) | 759.390 | − 0.865 | 38.781 | 0.00 |
Distance to national highway (x6) | 11.667 | − 0.699 | 7.646 | 0.02 |
Distance to provincial highway (x7) | 22.800 | − 0.674 | 6.651 | 0.03 |
Distance to county-level road (x8) | 37.800 | − 0.770 | 11.661 | 0.00 |
Distance to town-level road (x9) | 6.133 | − 0.426 | 1.774 | 0.02 |
River network density (x10) | 140.895 | 0.265 | 6.132 | 0.01 |
Road network density (x11) | 130.628 | 0.248 | 5.315 | 0.02 |
Cultivated land area (x12) | 27.615 | 0.838 | 65.504 | 0.00 |
Accessibility to cultivated land (x13) | 25.511 | − 0.148 | 0.075 | 0.00 |
Radiation of prefecture-level city (x14) | 11.682 | 0.821 | 3.519 | 0.00 |
Radiation of county-level city (x15) | 14.621 | 0.720 | 2.445 | 0.00 |
