UPSC 2017 CDS II GK Paper

Among the given geographers, Mark Jefferson is related to the ‘primate city’ concept. The ‘law of the primate city’ was first proposed by the geographer Mark Jefferson in 1939. He defined a primate city as being ‘at least twice as large as the next largest city and more than twice as significant’. A primate city is number one in its country in most aspects, like politics, economy, media, culture and universities.