urbanisation

Question 1

what is the site

Answer 1

site discribes at which point the settlement is located

Question 2

what is the situation

Answer 2

situation describes where the settlement is located in relation to surrounding fearuers such as other settelments, mountains and rivers

Question 3

settlement

Answer 3

a settlement is a place where people live

Question 4

wet-point site

Answer 4

an area where there is water, e.g springs, rivers

Question 5

dry-point

Answer 5

an area where there is less water, settlements with a lot of water would choose to locate in an area without water

Question 6

defence

Answer 6

e.g a river, a wall, situated on a hill, the defence is where a settelment is protected from outside dangers

Question 7

rural settlement

Answer 7

rural is in the countryside. the types of settlements are isolated buildings, hamlet, village, small market towns

Question 8

urban settlement

Answer 8

urban is in the city. the types of settlements are larger industrial towns, cities, capital city or conourbation

Question 9

settlement patterns

Answer 9

• dispersed
• nucleated
• linear or street

Question 10

dispersed

Answer 10

dispersed settlements could be isolated, or a group of two or three buildings this could possibly be a hamlet. the functions of a dispersed settlement are farming.

Question 11

nucleated

Answer 11

is when several of buildings are grouped together, all the buildings would surround a building. an example is a market town all the building are surrounding the market. there is a focal point.

Question 12

linear or street

Answer 12

linear settlements are following a road or a river.

Question 13

functions

Answer 13

the functions of a settlement are relate to the settlements economic and social development. larger settlements usually have multiple functions (multifunctional)

Question 14

types of functions

Answer 14

• market towns
• mining towns
• ports
• comercial
• tourist resorts
• indistrial
• residential

Question 15

what are heirarchies

Answer 15

heirarchy is a way of ranking settlements. the heirarchy is based on three factors: population size, range and number of services and the sphere of influence

Question 16

population size

Answer 16

the population size is a factor that determains the order of importance

Question 17

range and number of services

Answer 17

villages provide a certain amount of services. the higher the place in the heirarchy the more likley there is to have all services

Question 18

sphere of influence

Answer 18

the sphere of influence is the size and the number of services of a settlement

Question 19

heiarchy order

Answer 19

1. capital city- popupation is several million
2. conourbation- population is one or two million
3. city- population is up to a million
4. large town- population is up to 100 000
5. small town- population is 10 000 to 20 000
6. village- population is several hundred
7. hamlet- population 5-6 houses and families
8. isolated buildings- population is one family

Question 20

urban lad use models

Answer 20

the models are a order of how a city should be laid out

Question 21

burgess model

Answer 21

the burgess model was the first model and it was created before the invention of public transport. his model suggested that the CBD should be in the center of the city and that the city should grow outward in layers.

Question 22

hoyt model

Answer 22

the hoyt model was created after the invention of public transport. his model suggested that the CBD should be in the center however he also suggested that the city should grow in sections

Question 23

parts of a city

Answer 23

central business center (CBD), light manufacturing, low income residential, middle income residential and high income residential

Question 24

what is a million city

Answer 24

a million city is a city with the population of over a million

Question 25

rural push factors

Answer 25

why people leave the countryside. lack of employment, over poulation, starvation, limited food production, mechanisation, extrean physical conditions, lack of services, lack of investment

Question 26

urban pull factors

Answer 26

why people move to the city. people are looking for better paid jobs, poeple expect to be housed better, there are better chances of services (schools, medical treatment, entertainment), there are more reliable sources of food.

Question 27

what is a megacity

Answer 27

a mega city is a city with the population of over 10 million