Settlements

Settlements

Why Built and Where
1. Protection (Height)
  1. A Good view = See Enemies
2. Water Supply
  1. Fresh water = Drinking and cleaning =Living
3. Bridging point
  1. Ways to get out of Settlements = Boat and Bridge
4. Danger of Wet Point Sites
  1. Danger= Flooding
5. Flat Land
  1. Flat Land = Farming and Easy Building
6. Wood Supply
  1. Building a house and Defences
7. Building Materials
  1. Wood and Mud = Housing
8. Aspect and Shelter
  1. Protection from = Wind also helps farm land
How to identify and Settlement
1. Site
  1. The Exact location of a settlement and why people are located there
2. Situation
  1. The location of a Settlement in relation to surroundings physically and human factors
Rural Settlement Patterns
1. Dispersed
  1. Individual buildings spread out no obvious centre E.g Farming villages E.g Oborne
2. Nucleated
  1. Settlements have Individual buildings closely together. E.g Bristol
3. Linear
  1. Built along rivers or long roads. E.g Longburton
Counter-Urbanisation
1. Movement of population from towns and Cities to live in Rural areas
  1. Depopulation of major Urban areas
  2. Growth of Rural areas beyond city
  3. Boundary between rural and Urban areas becomes less obvious
2. Pull Factors
  1. Gardens
  2. Good Water Supply
  3. Parks
  4. Fresh Air
3. Push Factors
  1. Too many Factories
  2. Population
  3. No place for children
  4. Congestion
Rural Depopulation
1. Hebrides
  1. Situation: North West of Scotland
  2. Spread out population
  3. No Secondary schools on Island
2. Causes
  1. Harsh Physical environment
  2. Lack of Transport
  3. Not Enough Work
  4. Lack of sexual partners
3. Impacts
  1. Less Business
  2. Empty villages
  3. Costs will go up
  4. more fish
4. Case Study : Western Isles of Scotland
  1. Lewis, Harries and Burra.
  2. Nearest Large city Inverness
  3. Nearest Mainland port are Mallaig
  4. 2-150 miles away from Mainland
  5. Population on the downfall about 3000 each 10 years.
Burgess Model
1. 2: Factories/ Industry
  1. Built next to CBD
2. 4: Medium Class Residential
  1. De-industrialisation happen more = tertiary jobs better housing
3. 5: High class Residential
  1. High quality housing
4. 1:CBD
  1. Tourist activity and Work
5. 3: Low class Residential
  1. Built near Factories so the workers could walk to work. Low Quality housing
Housing Demand
1. Social Reasons
  1. Ageing population
  2. Rise in Divorces
  3. Marrying later
2. Economic Reasons
  1. UK Population is Wealthier
  2. House prices = more people livng in smaller dwellings
3. Political Reasons
  1. Rise in population so 3 million new homes
  2. Designated growth areas such as Ashford, Milton Keynes and M11 corridor
  3. Government is developing Eco-Towns

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