The Shape of City-Size Distributions in a Central Place System

H Beguin
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H Beguin: Department of Geography, Catholic University of Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Environment and Planning A, 1984, vol. 16, issue 6, 749-758

Abstract: The purpose of the paper is to provide an explanation for the shape of city-size distributions in the context of a central place system. Under given assumptions, a model is presented relating this distribution to individual labour productivity and individual consumption pattern. Simulation results show how variations in productivity and consumption explain the slope and curvature (primacy, convexity, S-shape) of city-size distributions.

Date: 1984
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DOI: 10.1068/a160749

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