Table 6 Diffusion of new rural settlements within different population densities ranges at the county scale, 2000–2020.

From: Uneven diffusion: a multi-scale analysis of rural settlement evolution and its driving forces in China from 2000–2020

 

Scope

Outlying

Edge-expansion

Number of counties

Proportion (%)

Number of counties

Proportion (%)

Population density (N/km2)

≤100

460

62.33

278

37.67

100–200

200

37.81

329

62.19

200–300

131

38.08

213

61.92

300–400

104

38.10

169

61.90

400–500

108

51.92

100

48.08

500–600

99

60.74

64

39.26

600–700

81

73.64

29

26.36

>700

361

74.28

125

25.72