Settlements Flashcards
What is an urban area?
A built up area, for example a town or a city.
What is a rural area?
An area outside of towns and cities.
What is the rural-urban fringe?
The point at which the urban area meets the rural.
What is a conurbation?
A very large urban area where several towns or cities have grown into each other with many services
What is a hamlet?
A very small group of houses with few services
What did most settlements start as?
Farming settlements
What is a dispersed settlement?
Things like isolated houses or farms, spread apart from each other which are often found in remote, upland areas.
What is a linear settlement?
A settlement built in a straight line along a communication line; river, road or in a valley.
What is a nucleated settlement?
A settlement clustered and grouped together, around a central point- crossroads, water supply or market place.
What is urbanisation?
An increase in the proportion of people in an urban area.
What is a megacity?
A city with over 10 million people living there.
What is a High Income Country?
A country that has a GNI per capita of $12,746 or above, according to the world bank.
What is a Low Income Country?
A country that has a GNI per capita of $1,045 or less, according to the World Bank.
What is urban growth?
When towns and cities increase in size covering a large area.
What is urban population?
The proportion of a county’s population living in towns or cities.
