Settlement Change Flashcards
What does site mean?
The land its built on - height, gradient, area, aspect
What is meant by situation on settlement?
Distance and direction from other named features
What is meant by nucleated/clustered?
The building are very squashed together
What is meant by dispersed/fragmented?
Building are very spread out
What is meant by linear/ribbon?
Buildings are in a line
What are some physical reasons for settlement?
- built near water sources
- south facing aspect - more sun, crops easier to grow
- high up - less floods
What are some human reasons for settlement?
- where lots of roads are
- towns by the sea for tourism
- by a castle - used in olden times for protection
- bridges around settlement
What was the function of Oxford?
Education - good universities, colleges and schools near by
What is the definition of function?
The reason why a settlement was first started
What is the definition of counter urbanisation?
The movement of people out of the city to the countryside
What are the push factors to get OUT of the city?
- noise
- bulgulary
- congestion
- pollution
What are the pull factors to MOVE to the countryside?
- more space - detached houses
- good retirement place - quiet
- pretty views
- good and safe communities
What are the positive and negative impacts of counter urbanisation on tenbury?
P-more customers-builders, increased trade for local communities
N-more congestion, local people can no longer afford to buy a house - move away from town
What is definition of rural depopulation?
Moving away from remote islands like the Western Isles in Scottland to the city
What are push factors that people would want to move out of countryside?
- poor signal/Internet
- little roads and shops
- no education
- isolated