significant differences exist for measures of location such as adjacency, whereas measures relating to land cover class size did differ.In the same way, no differences were detected for location measures at land cover patch level but measures of patch size and form, such as circularity, differed for all land cover classes and sample cities. The SIENA population showed strong similarities in spatial patterns and densities to the inland cities. The only exception was
population density within 1 kmof the city centre, whichwas higher in SIENA.