Settlement Change Flashcards
What are the seven settlement functions?
Market Centre Administrative Tourist Centre Strategic Industrial Residential Agricultural
Define ‘Market Centre’ and give the UK case study
Generating money through retail, usually with a market square
Petersfield
Define ‘Administrative’ and give the UK case study
Keeps the country/ settlement running, they will often contain financial centres, government offices and head offices of large companies
London
Define ‘Tourist Centre’ and give the UK case study
Attract tourists to generate money for the settlement
Blackpool
Define ‘Strategic’ and give the UK case study
Key function of defence or controlling territory
Portsmouth
Define ‘Industrial’ and give the UK case study
Many of the areas local jobs are involved with manufacturing
Sheffield
Define ‘Residential’ and give the UK case study
Provides homes for residents of the area
Edinburgh (most settlements include this)
Define ‘Agricultural’ and give the UK case study
Generates money for the area through farming
Villages in rural areas
What is the case study for changing settlement functions?
Lymington- South of the New Forest, Hampshire, south coast of the UK
What was Lymington like in the 11th century?
Small port and market town
Excellent fishing opportunities
Good transport via boat
What was Lymington like in the 17th&18th century?
Manufacturing centre
Salt industry was at large
Produced salt for the whole UK
5 mile stretch of coastline guaranteed supplies
What was Lymington like in the 19th century?
Cheaper imports became available and the salt industry declined
Town relied more on market and fishing
What is Lymington like now?
Popular as retirement and second home areas Close to some busy cities Good southern climate 15,000 inhabitants Sailing and ships to the IoW
What is the Depopulation case study?
Western Isles, Scotland
What is the Counter Urbanisation case study?
Appledore
What are the five causes of demand for more housing?
42% of marriages end in divorce
People have children and want larger houses
People migrate to the country
Old people are living longer and need the houses for longer
People become richer and buy second homes
What is an Urban Fringe?
New housing estates built on outer edge of a built up area around villages, use of greenfield site
What is an Inner City?
Blocks of flats and gated communities built on brownfield sites
What is a Commuter Belt?
New housing estates built around existing towns and sites, eco-towns built on brownfield sites
What is a Suburb?
Intensification by garden grabbing and infilling vacant spaces with new housing
What is the case study for options of places to build?
Dorchester (Mr Grahams upbringing)
What is the case study for regenerating settlements?
Newham- in the 1980s the docks were closed and the sugar factory shut down, 10,000 people lost their jobs
What is the case study for LIC urban growth?
Dhaka, Bangladesh
What are the seven impacts of rapid urban growth in LICs?
Traffic congestion
Reduced pressure on resources (rural areas)
Bostis Growth
Lack of good jobs
Remittance payments (help rural families)
Increased child labour
Pollution and disease
