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“Rank–size Rule contradicts the idea of Central Place Theory.” Comment.

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The two propositions describe the same urban system in incompatible shapes. Christaller's hierarchy predicts a stepped, discontinuous distribution of city sizes — a few large centres, more medium ones, many small ones, with gaps between the classes. Zipf's rank–size rule describes a smooth, continuous, log-linear distribution with no steps at all. That is the real…

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  • The Two Propositions
  • Where the Contradiction Is Real
  • Where the Contradiction Dissolves
  • The Löschian Version Is Already Continuous
  • Berry: Many Overlapping Forces Smooth the Steps
  • They Answer Different Questions at Different Scales
  • …and 2 more sections, with a conclusion
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