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SETTLEMENT DEFINITIONS Flashcards

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What is meant by the term site?

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The physical land on which the settlement is built

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What is meant by the term situation?

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The location of the settlement in relation to the surrounding area.

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What is meant by the term bridging point?

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A settlement located where a river is forded or bridged

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What is meant by the term route focus?

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This is where many roads or railways converge.

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What is meant by the term wet-point site ?

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The site of a settlement close to a water supply.

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What is meant by the term dry-point site?

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The site of a settlement which avoids land prone to flooding.

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What is meant by the term Isolated settlement?

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Individual farm houses separated and surrounded by fields and woodland.

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What is meant by the term dispersed settlement?

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Small settlements (farms and hamlets) dotted around the countryside.

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What is meant by the term nucleated settlement?

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Houses, farms and buildings grouped together in villages.

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What is meant by the term linear settlement

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Houses and buildings located along a road, river or canal; common in steep-sided narrow valleys.

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What is meant by the term T-shaped or y-shaped settlement?

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A settlement that is found at a road junction.

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What is meant by the term double village?

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A settlement which has developed either side of a ford or bridging point.

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What is meant by the term settlement function?

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The function of a settlement is its purpose why it’s there and the work that it does

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What is meant by the term mining town?

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Mining employs 20% of the workers in the town.

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What is meant by the term commercial town?

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Where the commerce and finance sectors form the largest single group employing over 10% of workers.

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What is meant by the terms dormitory or commuter settlement?

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A settlement which has expanded with the addition of a new housing estate.

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What is meant by the term settlement hierarchy?

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Arrangement of settlements in an order of importance.

17
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What is meant by the term sphere of influence?

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The area served by a particular settlement.

18
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What is meant by the term threshold population?

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The minimum number of people needed to sustain a good or service.

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What is meant by the term range ?

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The maximum distance people will travel to obtain a good or service.

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What is meant by the term urban sprawl?

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The expansion of the city into its surrounding rural area.

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What is meant by the term urbanisation?

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The process by which the population of towns and cities are growing at a faster rate compared to the surrounding rural area.

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What is meant by the term conurbation?

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When a city expands and takes over villages around it.

23
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What is meant by the term push factors?

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Something that discourages a person from living in a place and makes them want to leave.

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What is meant by the term pull factors?

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Something that attracts a person to live in a place.

24
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What is meant by the term rural depopulation?

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A decline in the population of a rural area because people are moving away.

25
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What is meant by the term rural-urban migration?

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When people move from the countryside to town.

26
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What is meant by the term millionaire city?

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A large city with a population of over 1 million.

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What is meant by the term mega city?

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A very large city with a population of over 10 million inhabitants.

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What is meant by the term core?

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Where the highest land costs are in the centre of the CBD.

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What is meant by the term peak land value point?

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The part if the city where the land values are the most expensive.

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