The size distributions of all Indian cities

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSA.2017.01.065zbMath1400.91444OpenAlexW2575437767MaRDI QIDQ1620603

Stephen Devadoss, Jeff Luckstead, Diana Danforth

Publication date: 13 November 2018

Published in: Physica A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2017.01.065

zbMATH Keywords

Indian city size distributionlognormal bodylower-tail reverse Paretotransitions pointsupper-tail Pareto

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematical geography and demography (91D20)

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