Settlement and service provisions

Question 1

Site

Answer 1

Description
Point
Settlement is located

Question 2

Situation

Answer 2

Description

relation between settlement + features surrounding it

Question 3

Why do settlements develop?

Answer 3

On an important transport route
Transport links meet toghether
Trade from surrouding area  
Raw materials + resources 
Administrative center for surrounding 
flat land
industry
migration (from surrounding rural area);
commercial development
tourism

Question 4

Settlement patterns

Answer 4

Nucleated
Dispersed
Linear

Question 5

Reasons for linear

Answer 5

Dwellings access to road/track for transport
Area farmland right angles to road

Along river for water supply
Valley floor to avoid steep sides

Next to fertile soil

Question 6

Reasons for nucleated

Answer 6

Social benefits, near neighbours
Easy access to services
Defence in times of attack
Culture might favour this pattern

Question 7

Reasons for dispersed

Answer 7

Commercial farms huge
Resources support few
Agricultural land poor –> farm large areas
Mountainous area –> hard to travel to land
Not tradition to live in grouped areas

Question 8

Functions

Answer 8

Market towns 
Mining towns 
Manufacturing (industrial) 
Ports 
Route centre 
Commercial 
Cultural/religious 
Education 
Administrative
Residential 
Tourist resorts

Question 9

Definition “dispersed”

Answer 9

Area with scattered buildings

Question 10

“Linear”

Answer 10

…

Question 11

“Nucleated”

Answer 11

….

Question 12

“urban settlement”

Answer 12

built up area with high population

Question 13

Convenience goods

Answer 13

Buy easily
same price
all over the place

Question 14

Comparison goods

Answer 14

might shop around for

before going ahead + buying them

Question 15

Sphere of influence. What does it depend on?

Answer 15

Area served by a settlement

Size + services 
population density 
wealth of people 
transport facilities 
competition

Question 16

Explain why people are prepared to travel further for some shops and services than
others

Answer 16

further, high order goods
availability of the services

main leisure facilities, large urban areas
–> have to travel to a nearby city

a wider variety of goods in some shops
better quality product

specialized shop not found near where they live

Question 17

Factors influencing sites + development of rural settlement

Answer 17

Agricultural land use 
Relief 
Soil 
Water supply
Drainage + flooding 
Accessibility 
Aspect