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Rank-size City Dynamics in China and India, 1981–2004

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ID10405474
AuthorsAlexandra Schaffar (0000-0002-2746-0299, Université de Toulon), Michel Dimou (0000-0001-6714-279X, Université de Toulon, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume46
Issue6
Pages707-721
Publication date2010-12-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueRegional Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-3404 • E-ISSN: 1360-0591
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00343404.2010.521146
OpenAlexW2082964122
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited39

n By using empirical evidence based on data from India and China between 1981 and 2004, this paper studies the dynamic patterns of urban hierarchies within the two most populated countries in the world. The paper focuses on three specific issues: the distributional form of the rank-size relation, the urban growth patterns which do not reject Gibrat?s law for cities and, finally, the shifts in urban hierarchies for both countries during these two decades

China · Combinatorics · Dynamics (music · Geography · Rank (graph theory · Statistics · Mathematics · Psychology · Regional Economic and Spatial Analysis · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Spatial and Panel Data Analysis

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Citation span2012 - 2026 (15)
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