Settlements Flashcards
What is a settlement?
A settlement is a place where people live. They can be large like a city or small like a village. If a settlement grows, it is normally because it has a reason for being there. This is a function.
A port is…
A place from where things are imported and exported by ship.
An industrial town is…
A place where things are made (manufactured) in factories.
A market town is…
A place where things are bought and sold, especially to do with farming products.
A resort is…
A place where people go on holiday to relax and enjoy themselves.
Finish the sentence
The larger settlement…
the more functions it will have.
London had a port, is industrial, has a market, and is a good holiday area.
Would it be a large settlement?
Yes, since a large settlement would have most of those functions.
Give six factors that may have been taken into account when choosing a site for a settlement.
Food, Flat Land, Water Supply, Protection, Building material, High above a river.
When a settlement develops what are the structures that it could take?
Nucleated,
Linear,
Dispersed (Scattered)
Draw the diagram of the settlement structures.
See drawing.
Describe the nucleated settlement structure.
Nucleated is when the settlement is bunched around a central point.
Describe the linear settlement structure.
Linear is the settlement spread across a line.
Describe the dispersed settlement structure.
Dispersed is when the settlements are spread out from each other.
Name four problems of large settlements.
Four from:
Crime, Pollution, Homelessness, Crowds/ Traffic Littering, High Prices
Name four advantages of large settlements.
Four from:
Stable Environment, Public Transport, Entertainment, Job opportunity, Better services, Better paying jobs
Put in order the parts of the town going from the center of the town to the outskirts of it. And an example building for each.
Central Business District - Shops & Offices
Inner City - Terraced Houses, Flats & Hotels
Inner Suburbs - Semi-detached houses
Outer Suburbs - Largest houses with big gardens.
Make a hierarchy of settlement types.
City, Town Village Hamlet Farm
List high-order goods and descriptions.
City Centre, Clothes, Fridge, Choice Furniture, Suburbs
List low order goods and descriptions.
Newspaper, Local specialists, Milk, Potatoes, Bread
Categorize the City Centre Advantages.
Centre of Communication network
Modern facilities
Easy to get to
Categorize the City Centre Disadvantages.
Dirty,
Crowded
Categorize the Out of Town Advantages.
Parking spaces,
Cheap land
Away from other businesses
Categorize the Out of Town Disadvantages.
Need a car to get there,
Away from other businesses
Name ways to stop congestion in urban regions.
Improve public transport,
Park and Ride Schemes
Pedestrianization
Encourage people to share cars into work and building ring roads
What did CBD have to resort to, to solve their lack of space problem? And why?
Build upwards. Other companies wanted to get as close to the center as possible. This is why there are many skyscrapers.
What is air pollution called?
Smog
Where was the most famous air pollution incident?
LA (Los Angeles)
What can poor air quality lead to?
Increasing cases of Asthma and Bronchitis
Name ways to hinder pollution.
Cleaner fuels,
More Litter Bins,
Banning heavy vehicles from CBD’s
Encourage the growth of out-of-town shopping centres
What are the effects of encouraging out-of-town shopping?
Helps traffic,
Helps land prices,
Helps pollution problems,
But CBD’s will start to decine
Give a definition for the zones of the city.
CBD - Very few people living here
IC - Dense housing very closely packed in
IS - Larger houses with more space
OS - Cheapest land so more space to spread. Largest houses with big gardens.
