The end of a paradigm: Is Zipf's law universal?

Journal of Geographical Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-100

  Benguigui, L ^a   Blumenfeld Lieberthal, E ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

City size distribution; Urbanization process; Zipf's law

Indexed keywords

MODELING; POWER LAW; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION;

ISRAEL;

EID: 79951814579     PISSN: 14355930     EISSN: 14355949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10109-010-0132-6     Document Type: Article

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