title: Formation of the settlement hierarchy: Zipf ’s law vs Central place theory
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metadata.value: Dmitriev, Ruslan V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-10-03T14:05:30Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-10-03T14:05:30Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-06
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Dmitriev, R. V. (2022). Formation of the settlement hierarchy: Zipf ’s law vs Central place theory. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Earth Sciences, 67 (2), 318–332. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu07.2022.206 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu07.2022.206
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/38063
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: This study compares the possibilities and advantages of forming the settlement hierarchy according
  to Zipf and according to Christaller, starting from the first stages of the settlement systems
  development. The author found that the minimum number of hierarchy levels required
  to start the formation of the Christaller distribution, bypassing the Zipf distribution stage, for
  small values of the urbanization level was two: the first one, represented by one central place,
  and the level of rural settlements. With virtually the same possibilities of forming a hierarchy
  according to Zipf and according to Christaller at its initial stages in relation to the share of
  urban population, the advantages of the latter give large values of the maximum share of each
  central place in the population of the area it serves and lower costs of the system for the redistribution
  of the population between the existing settlements and the settlements emerging
  at a certain stage of evolution. At the same time, with an increase in the share of the urban
  population, the correspondence of the real rank-size distribution of cities to the ideal one (according
  to Zipf) decreases. The author established that the distribution according to Zipf and
  according to Christaller is a kind of two “immiscible liquids”: if the first is based on stochastic
  processes, then the second is based on non-random, even deterministic ones. The transition
  of the settlement system from the distribution according to Zipf to the hierarchy according to
  Christaller is a rather weak construct in the methodological and logical respect.
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metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: This article was supported within state assignments of the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy
  of Sciences (АААА-А19-119022190170-1 (FMGE-2019-0008)) and the Institute for African Studies,
  Russian Academy of Sciences (I222021500170-8). The research methodology was developed within the state
  assignment of the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences; the calculations were performed
  within the state assignment of the Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Earth Sciences;Volume 67; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Central place theory
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Zipf ’s law
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: settlement hierarchy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: stochastic process
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: deterministic process
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Formation of the settlement hierarchy: Zipf ’s law vs Central place theory
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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