Economic Development and Loglinearity in the Rank-Size Distribution of Urban Systems

Jean Mirucki ()

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Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine, empirically, the dynamics of the soviet urban system in light of the rank-size distribution hypothesis and to extend the analysis initiated by HARRIS on the U.S.S.R. to the Republic of Ukraine. The first part of this paper will present a brief recall of the theoretical aspects dealing with the measurement of city distribution, with reference to the various points of view on the topic. In the second part, the rank-size hypothesis will be tested for each census year during the 1897-1979 period for the U.S.S.R. to observe changes in the slope values of the distribution, expressed in logarithmic form, of several classes of cities.

Keywords: census data; city rank-size distribution; urban systems; U.S.S.R.; Ukraine; economic development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R11 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985-02, Revised 1985-04
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Published in Urban Studies 2.23(1986): pp. 151-156

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