Primate City
A primate city is the leading city in its country or region, disproportionately larger than any others in the urban hierarchy. A 'primate city distribution' has one very large city with many much smaller cities and towns, and no intermediate-sized urban centres
Rank-Size Rule
Characterized by a largest city, with other cities decreasing in size respective to it, initially at a rapid rate and then more slowly. This results in a few large cities, and a much larger number of cities orders of magnitude smaller. For example, a rank 3 city would have ⅓ the population of a country's largest city, a rank four city would have ¼ the population of the largest city, and so on.
Based upon the two descriptions above, look up the following countries using THIS WEBSITE
Australia
Brazil
Cameroon
Canada
China
Egypt
Finland
Germany
Kuwait
Madagascar
Malaysia
Mongolia
Nigeria
Russia
South Africa
Sudan
Tanzania
1. Determine if they best fit the Primate City or Rank/Size model. Justify your answer with one sentence for each.
2. Where do Primate Cities tend to be located? Rank/Size Cities?
2. Where do Primate Cities tend to be located? Rank/Size Cities?
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