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