definations - settlements

Question 1

site

Answer 1

describes the characteristics of the actual point at which a settlement is located

Question 2

situation

Answer 2

describes the location of a place relative to its surroundings
(neighbouring settlement, rivers, hills)

Question 3

settlement

Answer 3

a place where people live and carry out activities
(farming, trading, manufacturing)

Question 4

urbanisation

Answer 4

the increase in proportion of an entire population within a country that lives in towns and cities

Question 5

urban growth 1

Answer 5

growth in population living in urban areas

Question 6

urban growth 2

Answer 6

growth in physical land areas in urban areas

Question 7

rural settlement

Answer 7

• low density
  . small population, fewer people
  living per unit area
• primary function (fishing, mining, growing of crops, rearing livestock)
• few amenities
  . limited range of goods and services
• because small and compact, thus close-knit communities

Question 8

urban settlement

Answer 8

• high density
  . large population as people love in
  high-rise buildings that are close
  together
• Tertiary function [(secondary -> manufacturing) (tertiary ->business) multifunctunal]
• many amenities
  . wide range of goods and services
• often strangers who may feel a sense of community but usually jave little contact

Question 9

linear

Answer 9

• buildings on one/both sides of a linear feature (trade routes, rivers, main roads)
• accessible
• exposure
• water/ food source

Question 10

nucleated

Answer 10

• buildings are found around a point that is accessible for facilitating trade (road junction/river confluence)
• for defence against enemies and wild animals
• easy provision of services (piped water, electricity)

-limited lamd for expansion

• grouped arnd a scarce resource

Question 11

dispersed

Answer 11

• spread out in an area
• large individual farmhouses can be set up in an area of extensive farming
• population is small
• no threat to life