Settelment Geography Flashcards
1
Q
4 Factors influencing location of urban settlements
A
- Social
- Physical
- Political
- Economical
2
Q
Factors influencing situation of urban settlements:
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- Function
- Trade and export
May change over time
3
Q
8 settlement patterns:
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- Dispersed
- Nucliated
- Linier
- Isolated
- Cross shaped
- Star like
- Circular
- T-shaped
4
Q
Rural areas v urban areas
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Rural=single function, primary activities
Urban= multifunctional with dominant function, secondary and above functions
5
Q
Factors affecting site of rural settlements:
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- Availability of drinking water
- Availability of building material
- Arable land
- Fuel(wood)
- Soil quality and conditions
- Relief and drainage
- Transport routes
- Religion
6
Q
3 steps to land reforming:
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- Land restitution with Land Claim Court
- Land redistribution from whit farmers to other races
- Land tenure reform
7
Q
4 challenges with land reforming:
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- Slow process
- Not all relocated land is farmed properly
- The move from subsistent farming to commercial farming doesn’t take place
- Farmers may not be interested in agriculture
8
Q
3 characteristics of CBD:
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- Focus of activities
- Talk expensive high density buildings
- Most higher order functions
9
Q
4 characteristics of transition zones:
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- Away from cbd and industries
- High density apartments
- Neglected and decaying
- Contain light small industries
10
Q
What’s a smart city:
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municipality that uses information + communication tech (ICT) to increase operational effeciency, share information with public and improve quality of government +services+citizens welfare
Eg. Singapore
