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2. KI 3: Consumer Services are Distributed in a Regular Pattern Hierarchy of services and settlements 1. Nesting (one inside another) ◦ Market areas = series of hexagons of various sizes 2. Rank-size distribution of settlements ◦ Rank-Size Rule – ranking settlements produce a regular pattern/hierarchy (4 th largest city is ¼ size of the largest) ◦ Primate city rule – largest settlement has more than twice as many people as 2 nd ranking settlement  Primate cities – country’s largest city

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4.  Following Rank-Size Rule ◦ If your nation follows it, it is an indication of a wealthy/healthy society  Primate City Rule (not following rank-size rule) ◦ It means that the society cannot pay for a full range of services