Does China's Urban Development Satisfy Zipf's Law? A Multiscale Perspective from the NPP-VIIRS Nighttime Light Data.

Int J Environ Res Public Health · 2020 · PMC7068490 · PMID 32102480

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported

The provincial-level q value decreased significantly from 0.93 in 2012 to 0.89 in 2018, showing a decreasing trend with a small fluctuation overall.

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