City size distributions and spatial economic change.
"The concept of the city size distribution is criticized for its lack of consideration of the effects of interurban interdependencies on the growth of cities.  Theoretical justifications for the rank-size relationship have the same shortcomings, and an empirical study reveals that there is little correlation between deviations from rank-size distributions and national economic and social characteristics.  Thus arguments suggesting a close correspondence between city size distributions and the level of development of a country, irrespective of intranational variations in city location and socioeconomic characteristics, seem to have little foundation."  (summary in FRE, ITA, JPN, )
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Demographic Factors; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Size; Socioeconomic Factors; Spatial Distribution; Urban Population; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization; World