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Rank Size Rule Primate Cities Binary Distributions The Rank Size Rule Zipfs Rank Size Rule “If all the settlements of a country are ranked according to population size, the sizes of settlements will be inversely proportional to their rank” OR Second largest town or city is half the size of the size, the third would be a third the size etc…. What does it show? London is by far the most important. WHY? Germany - Does this fit the Rank Size Rule? ACTUAL POPULATION 1 Berlin 3 390 000 2 Hamburg 1 700 000 3 München 1 300 000 4 K?ln 965 000 5 Frankfurt 640 000 6 Essen 590 000 7 Dortmund 589 000 8 Stuttgart 587 000 RANK SIZE RULE EXPECTATIONS 1 Berlin 3 390 000 2 Hamburg 1 195 000 3 München 1 130 000 4 K?ln 847 500 5 Frankfurt 678 000 6 Essen 565 000 7 Dortmund 484 000 8 Stuttgart 424 000 RANK SIZE RULE EXPECTATIONS 1 Berlin 3 390 000 2 Hamburg 1 195 000 3 München 1 130 000 4 K?ln 847 500 5 Frankfurt 678 000 6 Essen 565 000 7 Dortmund 484 000 8 Stuttgart 424 000 Why is Germany a better fit? Clue - think about its political set up Germany is made up of Federal States rather like the United States Because…….. Germany is run on a Federal system of Regions, each with their own capital city This means each city has developed high order services of their own, instead of centralising them on one capital city such as London. Germany also used to be split in two, with 2 capitals Berlin in the East and Bonn in the West. Peru - An LEDC Primate City? ACTUAL POPULATION SIZE 1 Lima 7 000 000 2 Arequipa 700 100 3 Trujillo 600 000 4 Chiclayo 470 000 5 Iquitos 335 000 6 Piura 310 000 7 Huancayo 305 000 8 Chimbote 300 000 RANK SIZE RULE 1 Lima 7 000 000 2 Arequipa 3 500 000 3 Trujillo 2 333 000 4 Chiclayo 1 750 000 5 Iquitos 1 400 000 6 Piura 1 166 000 7 Huancayo 1 000 000 8 Chimbote 875 000 Yes b