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Urban Primacy

Urban primacy is a spatial urban distribution pattern in which the largest city in a country or region disproportionately dominates the urban system in terms of population, economic activity, and political influence, distinguishing itself from more balanced or polycentric urban hierarchies.

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105

Authors

60

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

15

Variants

Primate City DistributionUrban Primacy Pattern

Parents

Publications

54

Efficient Urbanisation: Economic Performance and the Shape of the Metropolis

Robert Cervero · Urban Studies · 2001 · 218 citations

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Heartlands and Hinterlands: Alternative Trajectories of Early Urbanization in Mesopotamia and the Southern Levant

Steven E. Falconer, Stephen H. Savage · American Antiquity · 1995 · 144 citations

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The World of the Panhellenion II. Three Dorian Cities

Antony Spawforth, Susan Walker · The Journal of Roman Studies · 1986 · 141 citations

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Puteoli in the Second Century of the Roman Empire: a Social and Economic Study

John H. D'Arms · The Journal of Roman Studies · 1974 · 138 citations

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Urban primacy, external costs, and quality of life

Vernon Henderson · Resource and Energy Economics · 2002 · 98 citations

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Authors

105

  1. JU
    John U. Marshall

    York University, Canada

    2 publications · 27 citations

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  2. JV
    J. Vernon Henderson

    Brown University, United States

    2 publications · 156 citations

    2

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  3. JV
    Jelle van Lottum

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 79 citations

    2

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  4. EL
    Ethan Lay-Sleeper

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    1 publications · 27 citations

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  5. RD
    Rafael da Silva Oliveira

    University of Miami, United States

    1 publications · 29 citations

    1

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Institutions

60

  1. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    429 citations

  2. Peking University

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    242 citations

  3. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    39 citations

  4. University of Kaposvár

    Kaposvár, Hungary

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  5. Ghent University Hospital

    Ghent, Belgium

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    48 citations

  6. Lanzhou University

    Lanzhou, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  7. Shanxi Normal University

    Taiyuan, China

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    38 citations

  8. Shanghai Normal University

    Shanghai, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    95 citations

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Venues

  1. Geographical Review

    3 publications · 61 citations

    3

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  2. Urban Studies

    3 publications · 349 citations

    3

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  3. The Annals of Regional Science

    2 publications · 87 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. Sustainability

    2 publications · 50 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. The Journal of Roman Studies

    JRS · 2 publications · 279 citations

    2

    h-index

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