Rank Size Rule And Primate Cities

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Rank Size Rule And Primate Cities

• AP HUG

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Objective

• To understand what the Rank Size Rule is and the
  pattern that it tries to outline

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Directions

• Independently read Ch 13 H 294-295 in your books
  and complete a Concepts and Notes Sheet
• Independently Review the Notes Section of these
  PPT slides to review what you have read in the
  book.
• Independently or in Partners Complete the
  practice slides found in this packet.

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Notes Slides
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Rank Size Rule

• This is an attempt to find a numerical
  relationship between population size of
  settlements within an area such as a country or
  county
• Settlements are ranked in descending order of
  population size, with the largest city first

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Assumptions

• The 2nd ranked city will have 1/2 the population
  of the 1st
• The 3rd ranked city will have 1/3 population of
  the 1st
• The 4th ranked city will have a ¼ population of
  the 1st ranked city

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Example

• The largest city has a population of 1,000,000
• The 2nd largest city 1,000,000/2 500,000
• The 3rd city 1,000,000/3 333,333
• The 4th city 1,000,000/4 250,000
• And so on.

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Formula

• This allows us to express the rank size rule as
• Pn Pl /n (or R)
• Pn The population of the City
• Pl The population of the largest city
• N (or R) The rank size of the city

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Primate City

• This is found where the largest city (often the
  capital) completely dominates a country or region
• The population size will be many times greater
  than that of the 2nd or 3rd city

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Example of Primate City Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Populations in thousands
• Buenos Aires 10,990
• Cordoba 1198
• Rosario 1096
• Mendoza 775
• La Plata 640
• San Miguel de Tucuman 622

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Binary Distribution

• Occurs where there are 2 very large cities of
  almost equal size within the same country. One
  may be the capital and the other a major port or
  industrial centre
• Examples Spain- Barcelona and Madrid

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Exceptions to the rule

• Rank size rule is more likely to operate in a
  country that is developed or urbanized for a long
  time and is
• Large in size
• Stable economic and political organisation
• Primate distribution is likely to occur in
  countries that are small, less developed and only
  recently urbanised

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Work on your own or in partners to practice what
you have learned

• Practice Slides

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practice

• If a country conforms to Rank Size Rule, fill in
  the population chart below
• City A 250,000
• City B ? __________________
• City C ? __________________
• City D ? __________________
• City E ? __________________

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Primate City or Rank Size Rule?Austria (Circle
One)

1. Vienna 1,691,468
2. Linz-Wels-Steyr 286,000
3. Graz 222,326
4. Linz 181,162
5. Salzburg 150,269

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Primate City or Rank Size Rule?Egypt (Circle
One)

1. Cairo 7,734,614
2. Alexandria 3,811,516
3. Al Jizah 2,443,203

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Rank Size Rule or Primate City? (Circle One)

• France
• 1 Paris 11,293,200
• 2 Lyon 1,665,700
• 3 Marseille 1,532,400
• 4 Toulouse 975,000
• 5 Nice 943,000

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Rank Size Rule or Primate City? (Circle One)

• England
• 1 London 7,172,091
• 2 Birmingham 970,892
• 3 Leeds 715,404
• 4 Glasgow 577,869
• 5 Sheffield 513,234

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Rank Size Rule or Primate City? (Circle One)

• Spain
• 1 Madrid 5,078,100
• 2 Barcelona 3,871,400
• 3 Valencia 1,406,600
• 4 Sevilla 1,135,600
• 5 Zaragoza 607,000

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Rank Size Rule or Primate City? (Circle One)

• Japan
• 1 Tokyo 8,027,500
• 2 Yokohama 3,552,300
• 3 Osaka 2,647,000
• 4 Nagoya 2,258,000
• 5 Sapporo 1,779,700

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Rank Size Rule or Primate City? (Circle One)

• South Korea
• Seoul 10,349,312
• Pusan 3,678,555
• Inchon 2,628,000
• Taegu 2,566,540
• Taejon 1,475,221

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Rank Size Rule or Primate City? (Circle One)

• Libya
• Tripoli 1,150,989
• Banghazi 650,629
• Misratah 386,120
• Tarhunah 210,697
• Al Khums 201,943

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Rank Size Rule or Primate City? (Circle One)

• Thailand
• Bangkok 5,104,476
• Samut Prakan 388,920
• Mueang Nonthaburi 291,555
• Udon Thani 247,231
• Chon Buri 219,164

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Rank Size Rule or Primate City? (Circle One)

• Mexico
• Mexico City 12,294,193
• Iztapalapa 1,820,888
• Ecatepec 1,806,226
• Guadalajara 1,640,589