City size distributions and metropolisation

GeoJournal

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-314

  Pumain, Denise ^a   Moriconi Ebrard, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b Service de la valise diplomatique   (Egypt)

Author keywords

City size distribution; Metropolis; Urban system

Indexed keywords

CITY SIZE; METROPOLISATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN SYSTEM;

EID: 0031414690     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006833025206     Document Type: Article

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