The city size distribution debate: Resolution for US urban regions and megalopolitan areas

Cities

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Berry, Brian J L ^a   Okulicz Kozaryn, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

City size; Gibrat; Lognormal; Megalopolis; Pareto; Rank size; Zipf

Indexed keywords

METROPOLITAN AREA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN REGION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856358911     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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