Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society

Research Article

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

Table 3

The evolution of the allometric scaling in the hierarchy of Chinese cities (1991–2014).
YearCity numberGlobal analysis Local analysis
1991473Power lawPower law
1992506Power lawPower law
1993551Power lawLinear relation
1994610Power lawLinear relation
1995633Power lawLinear relation
1996658Power lawLinear relation
1997669Power lawLinear relation
1998667Linear relationLinear relation
1999665Linear relationLinear relation
2000665Linear relationLinear relation
2001664Power lawLinear relation
2002660Power lawLinear relation
2003658Power lawPower law
2004659Power lawPower law
2005659Power lawPower law
2006655Power lawPower law
2007655Power lawPower law
2008655Power lawPower law
2009654Power lawPower law
2010656Power lawPower law
2011657Power lawPower law
2012655Power lawPower law
2013658Power lawPower law
2014658Power lawPower law
Note. The global analysis is based on all the classes, which can be represented by all the data points on the log-log plots. The local analysis can be made by removing the first class and the last class. For the power-law relation, the local analysis is based on the scaling range.