A Hierarchical Allometric Scaling Analysis of Chinese Cities: 1991–2014

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ddns/volume-2017/5243287/figures/5243287.fig.004a.svgz" name="5243287.fig.004a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Population size</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ddns/volume-2017/5243287/figures/5243287.fig.004b.svgz" name="5243287.fig.004b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Urban area</td></tr></table>

<div><i>The patterns of exponential decay of population size and built-up area of Chinese cities in 2010.</i> [<i>Note</i>. The small circle represents the outlier indicating the top-level cities.]</div>

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Figure 4: A Hierarchical Allometric Scaling Analysis of Chinese Cities: 1991–2014 