Research Article
Zipf's Law, Hierarchical Structure, and Cards-Shuffling Model for Urban Development
Table 4
The hierarchy of the 660 cities in PRC and the related measures (2005).
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Source: The original data are from 2005 Statistic Annals of China’s Urban Construction published by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of China. Notes: (1) The last class of each hierarchy is a lame-duck class. (2) The unit of population is “10 thousands person”, and the unit of urban area is “square kilometers.” |