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Settlements Flashcards

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Define settlement

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The place where people live/work

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Define site

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The actual location where the settlement is built

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Define situation

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Location related to paces & features

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What is a wet point site?

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A site where there is a river or other type of water source

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What is a defensive site?

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High land which has a strategic advantages to see enemies advancing

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What is relief?

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Altitude and gradient of the slopes

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What relief is beneficial to the growth of a settlement?

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Flat land - easy to build on

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What resources are useful for settlemetns

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Wood, coal, precious materials

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What is the aspect?

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The direction a slope faces in relation to the sun

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Name the settlement hierarchy

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What services would a hamlet have?

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Phone box and a few houses

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What services would a village have?

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Small shops, a church, a post office

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What services does a small town have?

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Primary school, supermarket, library, bank, hotel

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What servies doees a large town have?

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Shopping centre, secondary school, college, cinema, sports centre

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What services does a city have?

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Department store, cathedral, uni, airport

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Why is the settlement hierachy a pyramid?

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The higher up the settlment, there are fewer of them

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How does the population change as you go up the settlement hierarcy?

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It increases

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18
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Define a nucleated settlement

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A settlment developed around a certain point

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19
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Define a dispersed settlement

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Small settlements with buildings that are far apart

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Define a linear settlement

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A settlement that has developed along a line (road, railway, river canal)

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What is the sphere of influence?

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The surrounding area which that settlement serves

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What affects the sphere of influence?

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Type and number of services

Transport links to the settlements

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What services are found in rural settlements?

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Low order services & convenience goods

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What are low order services?

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Things that people use often (small grocery store)

25
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What are convenience goods?

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Goods that are often needed (milk, bread)

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What are middle order services?

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Services needed every month or so e.g hairdressers

27
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What services do urban settlements tend to have?

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High order services and comparison goods

28
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What are high order services?

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Services need less often (eletrical store)

29
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What are comparison goods?

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Goods that are needed less often. People will travel further and will compare prices and brands

30
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What is the range of a service?

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The distance a person would be prepared to travel to get there

31
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What is a threshold population?

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The minimum amount of potential customers needed for a service

32
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What is the burgess model?

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33
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What is the Hoyt model?

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34
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What are the main characteristics of the CBD?

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  • Good transport links
  • Commercial center
  • Public buildings
35
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Name some characteristics of the inner city

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  • 19th century low-class terraced housing
  • Factories
  • Canals & railways
36
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Why is the inner city called the twilight zone?

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It is the transition between the CBD and the suburbs

37
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What is the rural-urban fringe?

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Where the urban area meets the countryside

38
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What do people use the rural-urban fringe for?

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  • Industrial estates
  • Infrastructure
  • New housing
39
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What is the environmental pressures on using the rural-urban fringe?

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  • Damage to the habitats of animals
  • Pollution due to increased traffic
40
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What are the economic benefits of the Rural-urban fringe?

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  • More jobs
  • Increases revenue
  • More money in local economy
41
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What is the urban land use model of a LEDC?

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42
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How was the wealth created in LEDC?

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Colonial wealth and traders

43
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How was wealth created in MEDCs?

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Industrial revolution

44
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Define a shanty town (favela in Brazil)

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Area of poorly-built, low cost and often illegal housing found in and around LEDCs

45
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Where are shanty towns usually found?

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Edge of cities or wherever land is not used (due to flood or landslide risk)

46
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What are the push factors of the favelas?

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  • No jobs
  • Mechanisation takes peoples jobs
  • Poor schools and hospitals
  • High crime rates
47
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What are the pull factors of favelas from the rural areas?

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  • Better transport
  • More houses and better quality
  • Better transport and communications
48
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What benefits do local government improved favelas have for local residents?

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  • Gain legal ownership of house
  • Improved houses
  • Better sanitation
  • Safer electricity connections
49
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What benefits do local government improved favelas have for the goverment?

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  • Labour is free
  • Residents pay taxes
  • Reduced crime rates
50
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What can rapid urbanisation and urban growth can lead to?

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  • Congestion
  • Pollution
  • Unemployment
  • Crime
51
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What is the commuter belt?

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Areas of residential land use where people travel from to their work place

52
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What is a greenfield site?

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Land that has never been built on before (usually agriculture)

53
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What is a brownfield site?

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Land that has been built on previously but has been left abandoned and often become derelict

54
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Define derelict

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Land that has been abandoned and often become run down

55
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What are the advantages of greenfield sites?

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  • Land has never been polluted
  • Good transport links
  • Easier to sell houses
  • Less congestion
56
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What are the disadvantages of a greenfield sites?

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  • Conflict with other land owners
  • Government now protects them
  • Less public transport
57
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What are the advantages of brownfield sites?

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  • Cheap
  • Near the CBD
  • Better public transport
  • Gov. supports building here
58
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What are the disadvantages of brownfield sites?

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  • Polluted - clear up necessary
  • Not always an ideal location
  • Limited room

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