Discontinuities in the evolution of the city system in Texas from 1850 to 2010
We examine the discontinuities in the evolution of cities in Texas, USA from 1850 to 2010. The growth of Texas cities exhibits four stages based on qualitative and quantitative analyses. Discontinuities occur mainly at the upper and lower tails of the city size distributions. Medium size cities are more continuous.
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