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Journal of Chinese
Architecture and Urbanism Cultural heritage in monastic settlements

Table 1. Type‑level indices of landscape patterns for Baiyu Temple
No. Index Quantitative Size indicator Shape indicator Convergence and
indicators divergence indicator
Patch type NP (pieces) CA PD (pieces/ PLAND AREAMN AWMPFD AI (%) IJI (%)
(ha) 100 ha) (%)
1 Arable landscape 78 29.75 2.12 0.81 0.38 2.83 86.32 a 54.45
2 Woodland landscape 42 1270.79 1.15 34.59 30.26 9.52 98.22 b 70.15
3 Grassland landscape 102 42.53 2.781 1.16 0.42 2.90 88.09 c 62.59
4 Watershed landscape 65 25.76 1.77 0.70 0.40 3.50 89.26 d 72.55
5 Religious landscape 21 15.33 0.57 0.42 0.73 3.96 93.46 e 55.59
6 Construction site landscape 139 76.51 3.78 2.08 0.55 6.56 90.01 f 71.59
7 Landscape of transport sites 456 44.77 12.41 1.22 0.10 23.60 53.12 g 62.49
8 Other land landscapes 17 7.42 0.46 0.20 0.44 2.12 91.04 h 72.56
Notes: Arable landscape; Woodland landscape; Grassland landscape; dWatershed landscape; Religious landscape; Construction site landscape;
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gLandscape of transport sites; hOther land landscapes.
Abbreviations: NP: Number of patches; PLAND, %: Percent of landscape; AWMPFD: Area-weighted mean patch fractal dimension; IJI: Interspersion
and juxtaposition index.

Figure 2. Distribution of landscaped sites of Baiyu Temple
Source: Drawing by the authors.

8,964.48 ha, with 745 patches identified (Figure 3). high aggregation of natural landscape patches, along with
The forest landscape occupies 27.49% of the total area, a religious landscape aggregation of 96.34%, highlights
grasslands accounts for 10.47%, and arable land accounts that the surrounding natural resources are abundant and
for 2.92%. These three landscape types reflect the primary that the religious landscape is highly concentrated. People’s
features of a temple-town type of monastery like Dzongsar livelihoods and daily activities revolve around these two
Temple. key elements. Compared with Baiyu Temple, the amount
of arable land is higher, which is a key distinguishing
Given the importance of rich natural resources in a factor between monastic settlements in cities versus towns.
township setting, arable land is extremely important for In terms of the IJI, the religious and arable landscapes
supporting productive functions. Regarding the AI, the are loosely connected to each other, which are smaller
order is: AI > AI > AI > AI > AI > AI > AI > AI . The landscape patches and maintain a degree of independence.
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