Patterns of Urban Spacing in the Ussr: Analysis of Order Neighbor Statistics in Two‐dimensional Space*

An Evaluation of Procedures Utilised in Nearest-Neighbour Analysis

“…Distance to Actual Nearest Neighbour King [11] and Barr et al [1] used distances measured from points in the region to their actual nearest neighbours even if such points are located outside the boundary of the study area. In contrast to the previous solution, this procedure provides results that are applicable to points within the region and in the surrounding territory.…”

“…King [11,pp.89-92, 99-113] and Barr et al [1] have provided useful reviews of the nature of the technique and its application to the description of settlement patterns. King [11,pp.89-92, 99-113] and Barr et al [1] have provided useful reviews of the nature of the technique and its application to the description of settlement patterns.…”

Nearest-Neighbour Analysis: A Technique for Quantitative Evaluation of Polygonal Ground Patterns

“…He adapted a technique that was devised by Clark and Evans (1954); their procedure was primarily developed to describe the distribution of vegetation, but the nearest-neighbour technique has been used in various other geographical studies of pattern. These other uses include describing the spatial distribution of towns (Barr et al 1971), drumlins (Smalley and Unwin 1968;Trenhaile 1971), and grocery stores (Getis 1963).…”