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<p>Reaching a well-adjusted population distribution is a major challenge for urban settlements. Various research works have been focusing on evaluating the demographic balance of urban systems worldwide. Regularities in population distribution among urban settlements have been noticed and confirmed by empirical studies in the contemporary era. These studies assert that both rank of a city in the demographic hierarchy and its population size are proportionally correlated in a balanced urban system. It has been proved that this correlation is established according to mathematical theories that have been scientifically identified and proved through in-depth research. This article aims to check the conformity of the population distribution of the Makkah Province to two main demographic, organisational theories. In this article, there will be an attempt to measure the variations, evaluate and assess the deviations, interpret the result thereof, and then compare the outcomes of the two methods applied on the Makkah Province.</p>
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Reaching a well-adjusted population distribution is a major challenge for urban settlements. Various research works have been focusing on evaluating the demographic balance of urban systems worldwide. Regularities in population distribution among urban settlements have been noticed and confirmed by empirical studies in the contemporary era. These studies assert that both rank of a city in the demographic hierarchy and its population size are proportionally correlated in a balanced urban system. It has been proved that this correlation is established according to mathematical theories that have been scientifically identified and proved through in-depth research. This article aims to check the conformity of the population distribution of the Makkah Province to two main demographic, organisational theories. In this article, there will be an attempt to measure the variations, evaluate and assess the deviations, interpret the result thereof, and then compare the outcomes of the two methods applied on the Makkah Province.

Demographic Analysis of the Makkah Province for the Purpose of Evaluating the Balance of the Urban System

Architecture Department, College of Architecture and Design

Quaestiones Geographicae

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Reaching a well-adjusted population distribution is a major challenge for urban settlements. Various research works have been focusing on evaluating the...

Demographic Analysis of the Makkah Province for the Purpose of Evaluating the Balance of the Urban System

Published Online: Jun 24, 2022

Page range: 49 - 65

Received: Aug 17, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2022-0019

Keywords
urban system, urban hierarchy, Zipf’s law, law of Beckmann, demographic macrocephaly, demographic hypertrophy, holy city of Makkah

© 2022 Amani Derbali et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Demographic Analysis of the Makkah Province for the Purpose of Evaluating the Balance of the Urban System

Published Online: Jun 24, 2022

Page range: 49 - 65

Received: Aug 17, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2022-0019

Keywordsurban system, urban hierarchy, Zipf’s law, law of Beckmann, demographic macrocephaly, demographic hypertrophy, holy city of Makkah

© 2022 Amani Derbali et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
urban system, urban hierarchy, Zipf’s law, law of Beckmann, demographic macrocephaly, demographic hypertrophy, holy city of Makkah