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City, Territory and Architecture

An interdisciplinary debate on project perspectives

Table 4 Average nearest neighbor (ANN) analysis

Spatial extent	NN (nearest neighbor) ratio	Average nearest neighbor distance (ANN) (m)	P value	Area (in sq km)
Pre-Mughal area	1.34	193.34	P < 0.01	1.55
Mughal extension	1.32	380.17	P < 0.01	11.38
Total	1.23	302.88	P < 0.01	12.93