A Hierarchical Allometric Scaling Analysis of Chinese Cities: 1991–2014

The law of allometric scaling based on Zipf distributions can be employed to research hierarchies of cities in a geographical region. However, the allometric patterns are easily influenced by random disturbance from the noises in observational data. In theory, both the allometric growth law and Zipf...

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Main Authors: Yanguang Chen, Jian Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5243287