Patterns And Shapes Of Settlements and hierarchy Flashcards
What’s a nucleated settlement?
Houses farms and buildings grouped together into villages
What’s a linear settlement shape?
Houses and buildings located along a road river or canal common in steep sided narrow valleys
What is a loose knit?
Buildings that are more spread out although loosely grouped around a crossroad or junction
What’s a conurbation?
Big city
What’s a hamlet?
A small village
Why is Colchester a good site give 6 reasons?
It defensive ( slightly raised land) Good land for grafting Accesses to water Good accesses to transport - by river and sea Fertile land for crops Wood for buildings
What is the order from high to low on the hierarchy pyramid?
Conurbation, city, large town, small town, village, hamlet, isolated dwelling
What do small settlements provide?
Low order services such as post offices doctors and news agents
What do large towns, cities, and conurbation provide?
Low and high order services such as leisure centres, hospitals.
What do large settlements have?
Large Sphere of influence but if it was a smaller settlement it would have a small sphere of influence
What do cities such as London have?
Global sphere of influence but villages or hamlets only have a sphere of influence of a couple of kilometres
If cities have a large sphere of influence what does it do?
Attracts people from wider areas
What’s a dispersed settlement?
Small settlements dotted around the country side (farms and hamlets)
