Rank Size Rule And Primate Cities AP HUG

Rank Size Rule And Primate Cities AP HUG

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

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.

NOTES SLIDES

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

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

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

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

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 2 nd or 3 rd city

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

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

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

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

practice • If a country conforms to Rank Size Rule, fill in the population chart below: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. City A 250, 000 City B ? City C ? City D ? City E ? __________________

Primate City or Rank Size Rule? Austria (Circle One) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Vienna Linz-Wels-Steyr Graz Linz Salzburg 1, 691, 468 286, 000 222, 326 181, 162 150, 269

Primate City or Rank Size Rule? Egypt (Circle One) 1. Cairo 2. Alexandria 3. Al Jīzah 7, 734, 614 3, 811, 516 2, 443, 203

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

Rank Size Rule or Primate City? (Circle One) England 1 London 2 Birmingham 3 Leeds 4 Glasgow 5 Sheffield 7, 172, 091 970, 892 715, 404 577, 869 513, 234

Rank Size Rule or Primate City? (Circle One) Spain 1 Madrid 2 Barcelona 3 Valencia 4 Sevilla 5 Zaragoza 5, 078, 100 3, 871, 400 1, 406, 600 1, 135, 600 607, 000

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

Rank Size Rule or Primate City? (Circle One) South Korea Seoul 10, 349, 312 Pusan 3, 678, 555 Inch’ŏn 2, 628, 000 Taegu 2, 566, 540 Taejŏn 1, 475, 221

Rank Size Rule or Primate City? (Circle One) Libya Tripoli Banghāzī Mişrātah Tarhūnah Al Khums 1, 150, 989 650, 629 386, 120 210, 697 201, 943

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

Rank Size Rule or Primate City? (Circle One) Mexico City Iztapalapa Ecatepec Guadalajara 12, 294, 193 1, 820, 888 1, 806, 226 1, 640, 589