Central place theory and the power law for cities

Central place theory and the power law for cities

This chapter provides a review of the link between central place theory and the power laws for cities. A theory of city size distribution is proposed via a central place hierarchy a la Christaller (1933) either as an equilibrium results or an optimal allocation. Under a central place hierarchy, it i...

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Main Authors: HSU, Wen-Tai, ZOU XIN
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
Subjects:
Central place theory
City sizes
Dynamic programming
Optimal city hierarchy
Zipf’s law
Behavioral Economics
Urban Studies and Planning
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2281
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3280/viewcontent/Hsu_Zou2019_Chapter_CentralPlaceTheoryAndThePowerL.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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