urban and rural settlements

Question 1

what is site?

Answer 1

the land on which a settlement is built

Question 2

what is site?

Answer 2

the land on which a settlement is built

Question 3

what is situation?

Answer 3

the location of a settlement in relation to the surrounding area

Question 4

what is situation?

Answer 4

the location of a settlement in relation to the surrounding area

Question 5

what is the difference between rural and urban settlements?

Answer 5

rural settlements: people usually are involved in primary economic activities
urban settlements: they are regarded as multifunctional as they are characterised by numerous larger and more densely positioned buildings and by more complicated infrastructure

Question 6

what are the classifications of settlements?

Answer 6

(rural)
isolated farmstead
hamlet
village

(urban)
town
city
metropolis
conurbation
megalopolis
world city

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Question 7

what is an isolated farmstead?

Answer 7

the smallest settlement type made up of a single farmhouse

Question 8

what is a hamlet?

Answer 8

loose grouping of farmsteads — more or less 6 houses and a church

Question 9

what is a village?

Answer 9

a rural settlement, smaller than a town but larger than a hamlet, that consists of a cluster of buildings

Question 10

what is a town?

Answer 10

a settlement that is smaller than a city but larger than a village

Question 11

what is a town?

Answer 11

a settlement that is smaller than a city but larger than a village

Question 12

what is a city?

Answer 12

a settlement with a wide range of functions, including headquarters of the region’s administration

Question 13

what is a metropolis?

Answer 13

a large city or urban agglomeration

Question 14

what is a conurbation?

Answer 14

the largest area of urban development — the result of originally separate towns and cities growing outward and jointing together

Question 15

what is a megalopolis?

Answer 15

a huge urban complex that develops when several conurbations grow together

Question 16

what is a world city?

Answer 16

a large city with international functions

Question 17

what is a world city?

Answer 17

a large city with international functions

Question 18

what are other classifications of settlements?

Answer 18

dispersed
nucleated

Question 19

what are other classifications of settlements?

Answer 19

dispersed
nucleated

Question 20

what is a dispersed village?

Answer 20

buildings that are apart from each other

Question 21

what is a nucleated villages?

Answer 21

buildings that are close together

Question 22

what is settlement location?

Answer 22

carefully placing a settlement determined by its relation to the surrounding area

Question 23

what factors influence the choice of site?

Answer 23

• relief (gentle or steep)
• access to fresh water
• soil type (e.g not marshy because its to soft to build infrastructure)
• drainage
• resources

Question 24

what are governing factors in a new settlement?

Answer 24

• water
• arable land

Question 25

what are settlement’s association with water?

Answer 25

• wet-point stettlement
• dry-point settlement

Question 26

what is a wet-point settlement?

Answer 26

an arid region where the water supply is scarce (e.g. a desert or semi-arid region)

Question 27

what is a wet-point settlement?

Answer 27

an arid region where the water supply is scarce (e.g. a desert or semi-arid region )

Question 28

what is a dry-point settlement?

Answer 28

it is alongside a river where there is the possibility of flooding