@article{07c6adad1f0e48d29cd6c68415e32c09,
title = "Power laws, discontinuities and regional city size distributions",
abstract = "Urban systems are manifestations of human adaptation to the natural environment. City size distributions are the expression of hierarchical processes acting upon urban systems. In this paper, we test the entire city size distributions for the southeastern and southwestern United States (1990), as well as the size classes in these regions for power law behavior. We interpret the differences in the size of the regional city size distributions as the manifestation of variable growth dynamics dependent upon city size. Size classes in the city size distributions are snapshots of stable states within urban systems in flux.",
keywords = "City size distributions, Complex systems, Discontinuities, Power laws",
author = "Garmestani, {Ahjond S.} and Allen, {Craig R.} and Gallagher, {Colin M.}",
note = "Funding Information: Support was provided by the James S. McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Research Award/Studying Complex Systems. The South Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit is jointly supported by a cooperative agreement between the United States Geological Survey, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Clemson University, and the Wildlife Management Institute. The Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit is jointly supported by a cooperative agreement between the United States Geological Survey, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Wildlife Management Institute. This manuscript was improved by comments from A.T. Karunanithi. This research is dedicated to the memory of K.M. Bessey.",
year = "2008",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1016/j.jebo.2008.03.011",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "68",
pages = "209--216",
journal = "Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization",
issn = "0167-2681",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "1",
}