New Derivations of the Rank-Size Rule Using Entropy-Maximising Methods

A Anastassiadis
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A Anastassiadis: Department of Architecture, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Environment and Planning B, 1986, vol. 13, issue 3, 319-334

Abstract: The entropy-maximising methodology for variables which take discrete values is used to derive the rank-size rule and to give a new interpretation of the constants. Relationships are found between the real populations of the cities, the populations that are given by the models, and the rank of the cities. A new index that represents the degree of concentration of a country is introduced as well as a new measure for the deviation of one pair of cities from the rank-size rule. The model is applied to data for Greek cities.

Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.1068/b130319

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