Title: The Rank-Size Rule by George Zipf (1949)
Headings: The Rank-Size Rule by George Zipf (1949)
The Rank-Size Rule by George Zipf (1949)
The concept of Rank-Size Rule or Rank-Size Distribution
Factors affecting the Rank Size Rule
The contribution of rank size rule in regional planning
Rank-Size Rule And Developing Countries
The Rank-Size Rule
Pattern as per rank-size rule
Rank-size rule analysis and ancient cities
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Content: is there any significance in the fact that some cities have grown faster than other cities? What are the causes of his growth? What are the problems associated with differential growth and size of cities? Much of the work on urban problem has been done in relation to regional development programming in the United States and comparatively little research has been undertaken on the fundamental problems of defining an optimum size distribution of cities for developing countries. Any criteria for optimum population size involves implicitly and explicitly two elements: first the normative element, which places a positive or negative valuation in a particular situation and second a factual element which has the force of the statement of empirical relationships between variation in city size and variation in situation question. Related: Primate City & Primacy | Relationship between city sizes
Among the criteria that have been examined in relation to the optimum city size in both developed and developing countries is: ( World Bank no longer used the term Developing & Developed Countries)
City size and physical planning of cities with respect to the frequent demand that cities be small enough to enable ready access to the countryside and a reasonably moderate journey to work, i.e. transport problems. City size and health (mortality rate, incidence of disease etc).