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Dependency and Urban Growth: A Critical Review and Reformulation of the Concepts of Primacy and Rank-Size

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  • Nancy Ettlinger

    (Department of Geography, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla 73019, USA)

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Concepts of city-size distributions are critically reviewed and reformulated. City-size distributions are conceptualized in terms of a continuum that is not necessarily unidirectional. Processes of urban growth and decline are explained with reference to interurban linkages and dominance-dependence relationships within and across national boundaries.

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  • Nancy Ettlinger, 1981. "Dependency and Urban Growth: A Critical Review and Reformulation of the Concepts of Primacy and Rank-Size," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 13(11), pages 1389-1400, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:13:y:1981:i:11:p:1389-1400
    DOI: 10.1068/a131389
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