Introduction
Methodology
Determinant | Maastricht | Phoenix |
---|---|---|
Climate | Temperate | Arid Desert |
Vegetation | Deciduous green | Warm desert scrub |
Number of inhabitants | 120.000 inhabitants (small)a
| 1.500.000.000 inhabitants (large)b
|
Population | High population density | Dispersed residential environment |
City age | Roman and Medieval European history | Young city founded in 1861 |
City size | 60.06 km2
| 1338 km2
|
Urban space | Compact city | Urban sprawl |
Residential areas | Planned neighbourhoods and agglomerate villages | Suburbs |
Urban downtown character | Historical core | Metropolitan high-rise |
Dominant culture | Western European | North American & Latin American influences |
Socio-economic status | Maastricht | Number of yards | Phoenix | Number of yards |
---|---|---|---|---|
High | Sint Pieter |
N = 80 | Palmcroft |
N = 44 |
Mid-range | Vroendaal |
N = 51 | Santo Tomas |
N = 56 |
Average | De Heeg |
N = 121 | Fairview Place |
N = 73 |
Low | Blauwdorp |
N = 76 | Lancaster Manors |
N = 11 |
Total |
N = 328 | Total |
N = 184 |
Statistic | St. Error | ||
---|---|---|---|
Mean | 15.5801 | 0.39378 | |
95 % confidence interval for mean | Lower bound | 14.8065 | |
Upper bound | 16.3537 | ||
5 % trimmed mean | 15.6050 | ||
Median | 15.0000 | ||
Variance | 79.391 | ||
Std. deviation | 8.91015 | ||
Minimum | −5.00 | ||
Maximum | 47.00 | ||
Range | 52 | ||
Interquartile range | 12.00 | ||
Skewness | 0.69 | 0.108 | |
Kurtosis | −0.150 | 0.215 |
Limitations
Results
Regional biome match
Soil cover
City * Lawn | |||||||
No | <10 % | 10–50 % | 50–100 % | ||||
City | Phoenix | Count | 94 | 1 | 21 | 68 | 184 |
% within city | 51.1 % | 0.5 % | 11.4 % | 37.0 % | 100.0 % | ||
Maastricht | Count | 270 | 0 | 22 | 36 | 328 | |
% within city | 82.3 % | 0.0 % | 6.7 % | 11.0 % | 100.0 % | ||
Total | Count | 364 | 1 | 43 | 104 | 512 | |
% within city | 71.1 % | 0.2 % | 8.4 % | 20.3 % | 100.0 % | ||
City * Gravel | |||||||
City | Phoenix | Count | 107 | 12 | 30 | 35 | 184 |
% within city | 58.2 % | 6.5 % | 16.3 % | 19.0 % | 100.0 % | ||
Maastricht | Count | 237 | 15 | 33 | 43 | 328 | |
% within city | 72.3 % | 4.6 % | 10.1 % | 13.1 % | 100.0 % | ||
Total | Count | 344 | 27 | 63 | 78 | 512 | |
% within city | 67.2 % | 5.3 % | 12.3 % | 15.2 % | 100.0 % | ||
City * Pavement | |||||||
City | Phoenix | Count | 116 | 41 | 18 | 9 | 184 |
% within city | 63.0 % | 22.3 % | 9.8 % | 4.9 % | 100.0 % | ||
Maastricht | Count | 97 | 78 | 55 | 98 | 328 | |
% within city | 29.6 % | 23.8 % | 16.8 % | 29.9 % | 100.0 % | ||
Total | Count | 213 | 119 | 73 | 107 | 512 | |
% within city | 41.6 % | 23.2 % | 14.3 % | 20.9 % | 100.0 % | ||
City * BareSoil | |||||||
City | Phoenix | Count | 126 | 13 | 27 | 18 | 184 |
% within city | 68.5 % | 7.1 % | 14.7 % | 9.8 % | 100.0 % | ||
Maastricht | Count | 286 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 328 | |
% within city | 87.2 % | 4.6 % | 6.7 % | 1.5 % | 100.0 % | ||
Total | Count | 412 | 28 | 49 | 23 | 512 | |
% within city | 80.5 % | 5.5 % | 9.6 % | 4.5 % | 100.0 % | ||
City * Summary greencoverpoints | |||||||
City | Phoenix | Count | 23 | 78 | 62 | 21 | 184 |
% within city | 12.5 % | 42.4 % | 33.7 % | 11.4 % | 100.0 % | ||
Maastricht | Count | 80 | 89 | 78 | 81 | 328 | |
% within city | 24.4 % | 27.1 % | 23.8 % | 24.7 % | 100.0 % | ||
Total | Count | 103 | 167 | 140 | 102 | 512 | |
% within city | 20.1 % | 32.6 % | 27.3 % | 19.9 % | 100.0 % |
Abundance, richness and vertical diversity
Vertical points | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | ||||
City | Phoenix | Count | 6 | 21 | 42 | 71 | 44 | 184 |
% within city | 3.3 % | 11.4 % | 22.8 % | 38.6 % | 23.9 % | 100.0 % | ||
Maastricht | Count | 26 | 72 | 104 | 80 | 46 | 328 | |
% within city | 7.9 % | 22.0 % | 31.7 % | 24.4 % | 14.0 % | 100.0 % | ||
Total | Count | 32 | 93 | 146 | 151 | 90 | 512 | |
% within city | 6.3 % | 18.2 % | 28.5 % | 29.5 % | 17.6 % | 100.0 % |