Table 5 The index of Average nearest neighbor (ANN) and Nuclear Density Analysis of rural settlements in Guangdong Province.

From: Spatiotemporal dynamics of rural settlement evolution in Guangdong Province, China

Year

ANN

Z

p

Mean kernel density

Maximum kernel density

2002

0.411

− 61.81007

0.0000

1.578

3.443

2012

0.396

− 66.20744

0.0000

2.334

4.682

2022

0.386

− 69.76967

0.0000

2.001

3.808