期刊名称：Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology
电子版ISSN：2320-7027
出版年度：2018
卷号：27
期号：3
页码：1-18
DOI：10.9734/AJAEES/2018/44372
出版社：Sciencedomain International
摘要：The purpose of this paper is to examine the hierarchy of urban centres in Saudi governorates using the rank and size rule. Also, determine the primacy governorate. This study applied different methods to examine the possibility of a primate governorates within the law of the primate city, the primacy of index, rank and size rule, and four-city index. The census data for the years 2004, 2010, and 2014 were collected from GASTAT. The results show that the population concentrated in Al-Riyad, then Jiddah, followed by Makkah Al-Mokarammh. Moreover, the Al-Riyad governorate is the dominant primacy governorate in the urban hierarchy in Saudi Arabia.
关键词：Saudi Arabia; rank and size rule; law of the primate city; the primacy of index; rank and size rule; four-city index.
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