A Rank-Size Rule Analysis of The City System at The Country and Province Level in Turkey
The present study investigates the rank-size distribution of cities above 10,000 in Turkey for the years 2000 and 2012, and the results are compared with the findings related to 1945 and 1975. The results show that despite the political and economic transformations of the last decade, there is a pe...
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Konya Technical University Faculty of Architecture and Design
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| description | The present study investigates the rank-size distribution of cities above 10,000 in Turkey for the years 2000 and 2012, and the results are compared with the findings related to 1945 and 1975. The results show that despite the political and economic transformations of the last decade, there is a perfect adjustment of the city size distribution to the rank-size rule at the country level due to existence of a well-established urban system. A regression analysis is employed to reveal the relationships between the slopes of city size distribution and the characteristics of provinces. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-901add54cdaa41578430dd5835a2044e2023-02-15T16:21:37ZengKonya Technical University Faculty of Architecture and DesignIconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning2147-93802018-06-0161779810.15320/ICONARP.2018.39119A Rank-Size Rule Analysis of The City System at The Country and Province Level in TurkeySeda Kundak0Vedia DökmeciIstanbul Technical UniversityThe present study investigates the rank-size distribution of cities above 10,000 in Turkey for the years 2000 and 2012, and the results are compared with the findings related to 1945 and 1975. The results show that despite the political and economic transformations of the last decade, there is a perfect adjustment of the city size distribution to the rank-size rule at the country level due to existence of a well-established urban system. A regression analysis is employed to reveal the relationships between the slopes of city size distribution and the characteristics of provinces.http://iconarp.selcuk.edu.tr/iconarp/article/view/202urbanization, city size distribution, economic development, Zipf’s law |
| spellingShingle | Seda Kundak Vedia Dökmeci A Rank-Size Rule Analysis of The City System at The Country and Province Level in Turkey Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning urbanization, city size distribution, economic development, Zipf’s law |
| title | A Rank-Size Rule Analysis of The City System at The Country and Province Level in Turkey |
| title_full | A Rank-Size Rule Analysis of The City System at The Country and Province Level in Turkey |
| title_fullStr | A Rank-Size Rule Analysis of The City System at The Country and Province Level in Turkey |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Rank-Size Rule Analysis of The City System at The Country and Province Level in Turkey |
| title_short | A Rank-Size Rule Analysis of The City System at The Country and Province Level in Turkey |
| title_sort | rank size rule analysis of the city system at the country and province level in turkey |
| topic | urbanization, city size distribution, economic development, Zipf’s law |
| url | http://iconarp.selcuk.edu.tr/iconarp/article/view/202 |
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