Rank-size distribution and primate city characteristics in India--a temporal analysis
Das, R.J.; Dutt, A.K.
Geojournal 29(2): 125-137
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0343-2521 PMID: 12318387 DOI: 10.1007/bf00812809Document Number: 329171
"This paper is an analysis of the historical change in city size distribution in India....Rank-size distribution at national level and primate city-size distribution at regional levels are examined....The paper also examines, in the Indian context, the relation between rank-size distribution and an integrated urban system, and the normative nature of the latter as a spatial organization of human society. Finally, we have made a modest attempt to locate the research on city-size distribution...."