title: Rank-size distribution and primate city characteristics in India--a temporal analysis.
abstract: "This paper is an analysis of the historical change in city size distribution in India....Rank-size distribution at national level and primate city-size distribution at regional levels are examined....The paper also examines, in the Indian context, the relation between rank-size distribution and an integrated urban system, and the normative nature of the latter as a spatial organization of human society. Finally, we have made a modest attempt to locate the research on city-size distribution...."
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dutt
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005843:Geography; D007194:India; D011153:Population; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Asia; Developing Countries; Geographic Factors; Historical Survey; India; Population; Southern Asia; Spatial Distribution; Urban Spatial Distribution--changes; Urbanization