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RANK SIZE RULE! AND THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE WORLD

RANK SIZE RULE! AND THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE WORLD. What is a Primate City?. P r =P1/r - German geographer – George Zipf P r is the population of the Urban place of rank r P1 - is the population of the first ranked place r - is the rank (determined by size)

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RANK SIZE RULE! AND THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE WORLD

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  1. RANK SIZE RULE! AND THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE WORLD What is a Primate City?

  2. Pr=P1/r - German geographer – George Zipf Pr is the population of the Urban place of rank r P1 - is the population of the first ranked place r - is the rank (determined by size) Eg. City A has 900 000 people and is the first ranked city in the country. City B which is second to city A will have one-half the population of city A. B = 900 000/2 = 450 000 What would be the population of City C (the third largest)?

  3. Canada’s Largest Cities

  4. Great Britain’s Largest Cities

  5. Russia’s Largest Cities

  6. Japan’s Largest Cities

  7. France’s Largest Cities

  8. Italy’s Largest Cities

  9. The End

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