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Journal of Chinese
Architecture and Urbanism Cultural heritage in monastic settlements

Table 2. Type‑level indices of landscape patterns for Dzongsar temple
No. Index Quantitative Size indicator Shape indicator Convergence
indicators and divergence
indicator
Patch type NP (pieces) CA (ha) PD (PIECES/ PLAND (%) AREAMN AWMPFD AI (%) IJI (%)
100 ha)
1 Arable landscape 49 261.79 0.55 2.92 5.34 4.34 94.57 a 80.92
2 Woodland landscape 74 2,464.1 0.83 27.49 33.30 7.97 98.64 b 55.56
3 Grassland landscape 155 938.74 1.73 10.47 6.06 4.00 96.85 c 58.72
4 Watershed landscape 30 36.29 0.34 0.41 1.21 7.64 77.57 d 70.28
5 Religious landscape 7 10.64 0.08 0.12 1.52 2.08 96.34 e 85.39
6 Construction site landscape 253 36.74 2.82 0.41 0.15 1.82 84.16 f 61.90
7 Landscape of transport sites 171 25.04 1.91 0.28 0.15 42.56 48.61 g 77.12
8 Other land landscapes 6 18.02 0.07 0.20 3.00 1.76 96.42 h 45.35
Notes: Arable landscape; Woodland landscape; Grassland landscape; Watershed landscape; Religious landscape; Construction site landscape;
f
d
c
a
e
b
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 3. Distribution of landscaped sites of Dzongsar Temple
Source: Drawing by the authors.

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