Spatial and temporal distribution of rural settlements and influencing mechanisms in Inner Mongolia, China

• Haitao Zhou,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Heilongjiang Province Key Laboratory of Geographical Environment Monitoring and Spatial Information Service in Cold Regions, Harbin Normal University, Harbin, China, Baotou Teachers’ College, Baotou, China

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• Cuizhen Wang,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geography, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Yanru Bai,

  Roles Software

  Affiliation Baotou Teachers’ College, Baotou, China

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• Xiaoli Ning,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Baotou Teachers’ College, Baotou, China

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• Shuying Zang

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zsy6311@hrbnu.edu.cn

  Affiliation Heilongjiang Province Key Laboratory of Geographical Environment Monitoring and Spatial Information Service in Cold Regions, Harbin Normal University, Harbin, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7318-1090

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