5 Theories of Planning · 5.1 Theories of planning and planning thinkers

5.1.8 Rank-size rule, primate city and urban geography terms

The rank-size rule says the n-th largest city has 1/n of the population of the largest; a country or region whose largest city is far bigger than the rule predicts has a primate city.

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  • rank-size rule
  • Zipf
  • primate city
  • Mark Jefferson
  • primacy index
  • conurbation
  • urban agglomeration
  • megalopolis
  • ghetto
  • CBD
  • gentrification
  • urban sprawl
  • ribbon development
  • satellite town
  • Reilly's law
  • gravity model

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