Apply base rank - sized cities in Iraq for two years 2007.2030

Abstract

Including the base level - Size (Rand - Size rule) trying to come up with a system that can be found by the cities in the territory, so search application base level - has cared sized cities in Iraq to get to know the applicability of this rule to the cities of Iraq. The urban landscape in Iraq (according to the duration of the study or for the years 2007.2030) is characterized by control of the city of a great head of a Baghdad and a number of major cities and this means a lack of hierarchy-out, and that exists in Iraq major city and a few large sovereign cities and not balanced urban. Any the urban landscape in Iraq, representatives of the big city away Gradually urban balance in accordance with the standard rank - size where a regular hierarchy, there is a relationship between the sizes of cities and numbers, with the less volumes cities increased in number and vice versa.