| Parameter | Artificial landscape | ||
| Urban landscape | Rural landscape | Tribal landscape | |
| Location | Typically defined by town limits or urban agglomeration areas. | Can be found outside of town limits or urban agglomeration areas. | Outside of village limits or rural areas. |
| Relief of the landscape | Plateaus | Plateaus | Valleys and hills |
| Land use | Consists of a variety of land uses, including single family and multi-family residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and open space; the non-residential land uses are most visible from major roadways. | Primarily residential and open space with some commercial areas. | Primarily open space (agricultural) and residential. |
| Function | Material supply and spatial. | Ecological nature protective and material supply. | Material supply ecological recreational and aesthetic. |
| Development patterns | More than 50% developed; clustered development with very little open space; significant open space is typically limited to parks and other recreation areas or in areas where environmental conditions prohibit development; characterized by dense development on smaller lots. | 25% - 50% developed; clusters of development surrounded by open space; clusters of development surrounded by open space; characterized by single family homes arranged on smaller, subdivided lots. | Less than 25% developed; mostly open space with scattered development; characterized by single-family homes on large parcels. |
| Utilities | Utilities, especially overhead, and signage are especially common and highly visible. | Overhead utilities prevalent and visible. | Overhead power lines exist along most major roadways; transmission lines are likely to cross roads. |
| Signage | Directional, way finding and traffic signage is prevalent throughout urban areas. | Directional, way finding and traffic signage is infrequent and concentrated around developments. | Directional, way finding and traffic signage is infrequent. |
| Human settlements | Towns and urban agglomerations | Mandals and Villages | Villages and Tandas |
| Dominant human population | Urban population; employees and businessmen | Rural population; farmers and labour | Tribal population; hunters and gatherers |
| Population density | High | Medium | Low |
| Primary occupation | Industry | Commercial agriculture | Hunting and gathering food and subsistence agriculture |
| Landscape type | Artificial | Semi-artificial | Sub-natural |
| Naturalness/wilderness | Low | Medium | High |
| Degree of reduction of original natural patch types to a scattered pattern | High | Medium | Low |
| Degree of dominance of natural features | Low | Medium | High |
| Degree of dominance of man-made features | High | Medium | Low |
| Degree of technicization | High | Medium | Low |
| Degree of road infrastructure development | High; offers the most diverse roadway system, from interstates to residential streets; people can travel between points very quickly using multiple routes. | Medium; offers a mix of roadways similar to urban areas but less concentrated; people can travel between points quickly, but have fewer route options. | Low; fewer transportation opportunities; longer driving distances and times and few route options. |
| Degree of industrial development | High | Medium | Low |