A Dynamic Generalization of Zipf's Rank-Size Rule

B Roehner and K E Wiese
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B Roehner: Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Énergies, Université Paris VII, Paris, France
K E Wiese: U.E.R. de Physique, Université Paris VII, Paris, France

Environment and Planning A, 1982, vol. 14, issue 11, 1449-1467

Abstract: A dynamic deterministic model of urban growth is proposed, which in its most simple form yields Zipf's law for city-size distribution, and in its general form may account for distributions that deviate strongly from Zipf's law. The qualitative consequences of the model are examined, and a corresponding stochastic model is introduced, which permits, in particular, the study of zero-growth situations.

Date: 1982
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DOI: 10.1068/a141449

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