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Models for the spacing and size of human settlements are reviewed. The emphasis is on stochastic models of the Markov type and the derivation of simple limiting distributions of settlement size, notably the rank-size rule.
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Ord, K. (1975). The Size of Human Settlements. In: Patil, G.P., Kotz, S., Ord, J.K. (eds) A Modern Course on Statistical Distributions in Scientific Work. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1845-6_12
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