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GATE 2021 AR – Question 26

Planning History, Theory and Techniques · Theories of urban geography · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Who first proposed the Law of the Primate City?

  1. Samuel A.Stouffer
  2. Colin Clark
  3. Mark Jefferson
  4. Harold Hotelling

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Correct answer: (C) Mark Jefferson

Explanation

Mark Jefferson proposed the primate-city formulation, C, concerning a leading city disproportionately large and influential relative to the rest of its national urban system. The other listed scholars are associated with different spatial/social theories.