Settlement and Rural Environments notes
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This page gathers community-made Settlement and Rural Environments notes on topics from settlement hierarchy and land use to retailing and city case studies. School students can use them to revise Geography, while teachers can find material for lessons. There are over 20 notes, mainly for secondary-level study. Browse the notes and choose a topic to start.
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- Settlement Site and Situation71
- Settlement Types and Patterns45
- Rural and Urban Settlements31
- Settlement Hierarchy and Services27
- Urban Land Use and Retailing18
- Settlement Trends and Change97
- Urbanisation18
- Counter-urbanisation21
- Rural Change and Planning21
- Agriculture and Agrarian Landscapes27
- Housing Development and Land Use12
- Sustainable Settlements8
- Squatter Settlements13
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Curitiba Brazil - SUSTAINABLE LIVING
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geog case studies Geography revision notes India’s lost girls (gender structure) Loss of 10 million girls in past 20 year, each year half a million girls are prevented from being born, 7000 fewer girls born each day than expected 1991 ...
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Urbanisation and settlement Source: s-cool.co.uk/gcse/geography/settlements CBD problems and solutions The CBD's of cities throughout the world experience many problems, some of which are outlined below: Congestion:&...
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1.1 Population Dynamics Population Distribution and Density; Trend of World Population Population: the total number of people living in a placePopulation Density: describes the population distribution pattern of a place [ total population / ...
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Unit 4: Modern day cities Rural and urban settlements Population settlement is the way in which people occupy a territory number, size and spatial distribution of human settlements rural settlements (agrarian areas) urban settlements (industri...
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geography revision settlement a site is the actual place where a village or town grew up. a site was chosen if it had some natural resources/advantages. the more natural resources/advantages a place had, the more it was to grow in size....
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Land use LAND USE land use models tell us where we may expect to find different land uses. After public transport was developed, Hoyt developed another model. He said that land uses developed along different transport routes
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2.Settlement site, Function and Hiearchy Settlement-A place where people live, Settlements range in size from Single farmhouses, to small hamlets (a group of buildings), villages,towns and cities. Site- The actual land the settlement is built on. Locati...
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Retailing and other services Retailing 'places where products are sold directly to consumers - shops and markets' Convenience goods- cheaper goods that are purchased on a regular basis which we tend to buy locally
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Advantages and disadvantages of Urbanisation Advantages of Urbanisation Disadvantages of Urbanisation Better, more efficient public transport More jobs Higher salary Lots of entertainment Better range of shops (sells high order + low order goods) More housing So...
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Untitled What is a settlement? A settlement is a place where people live. A settlement may be as small as a single house in a remote area or as a large as a mega city (a city with over 10 million residents). A settlement may b...
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Out of Town Retailing Case Study: The Trafford Centre - created from Mind Map Background information Retail Future Expansion
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Leicester & Rajkot-- Hierarchey NOTES Leicester & RajkotKeywords: Settlement Hierarchey Zone of imrovement/decay Urban CBD The Burgess Model Hamlet Mega City Town Capital City City Metropolise Village Conurbation Isolated Dwelling The Hierarchey of settle...
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New Settlement Patterns in the Dutch Polders Netherlands - world's most densely populated country Polders - land reclaimed from the sea Polders are surrounded by walls called dykes and are constantly being drained by drainage ditches and cana...
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Coastalisation Why do people move to the coast? Trade/more job opportunities - tourism Better connections - ports/transport Retirement Existing cities - business Uninhabitable land elsewhere eg. mountains More attractions/things to ...
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Settlement Hierarchy SETTLEMENT HIERARCHY The ‘Settlement Hierarchy‛ model shows the rank order of settlements a pattern which is generally true – though there are some exceptions e.g. a city smaller than a large town Settlements are rank...
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Settlement CairoPositives of rapid growth - large purchasing power which has helped economy & never shortage of people willing to do low paid jobs (e.g. Zabbaleen - waste collectors) LAND POLLUTION - 10,000 tonnes of waste produ...
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Geography 1.5 Settlements Settlements A settlement is defined as a place in which people live and where they carry out a variety of activities such as residence, trade, agriculture and manufacturing. Settlement Pattern A settlement patte...
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Urban Settlements SETTLEMENT HIERARCHY: names type of settlement from small to large. Shows settlements can be ordered by size or services offered. (Have V Seen Left Right Crotch) Capital city (URBAN) Regional centre (URBAN) Large town...
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Settlement Settlement: Place where ppl live Rural areas: countryside/ remote places (lack of facilities) Urban areas: majority ppl live (lots of facilities) Settlement develops for a FUNCTION SITE and SITUATION are DIFFERENT SIT...
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Geography - Government initiatives for protection of the rural economy and environment Government initiatives:1. Community rail Partnerships - Train use is increased by improving transport links, such as bus links, cycle routes (for people to go to the station) and station buildings. Overall this reduce...
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UNIT G1 CITIES I HUMAN SETTLEMENTS A human settlement is a community iving in a territory Types: rural and urban clasification: cize and economic activity RURAL SETTLEMENT 1.CHARACTERISTICS physical environment wáter supply r...
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Settlement Trends - created from Mind Map Definition- Patterns of how people are setteling around the world Increaced Global Migration Migration to urban Areas
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Untitled Cloke and Thirft, 1987 Research that examine the social stratification of the rural often ignore the structures that shape these human dynamics. Specifically, Cloke and Thrift acknowledge that to state that the middle...
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Eco-town Case Study Why is it needed? House prices rising faster than wages 7,000 houses on council waiting list Weston Otmoor, Oxfordshire3 miles south of Bicester Plans10,000-15,000 new homes30-50% to be low cost
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How Rayleigh Changed over time 1805- Linear, it used to be a market.1898- Nucleated, turned into a residential area where people would commute from Rayleigh to work in London.1920-1- Railway causes Raleigh to grow even more.1945-6- Urban sprawl, Ea...
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RURAL ENVIRONMET - created from Mind Map LANDSCAPE EMPLOYMENT POPULATION DENSITY
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RURAL ENVIRONMET - created from Mind Map_1 LANDSCAPE EMPLOYMENT POPULATION DENSITY
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Settlement sizes and examples 1- Conervation (London)2- City (Newcastle)3- Town (South Ockendon)4- Village (Allsit)5- Hamlet (most likely in Scottish islands)6- Isolated dwelling (a house on its own, most likely a farm)Services and amenities will ...
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Settlement Specification UrbanisationImpacts of urbanisationUrbanisation: Case studyCounter-urbanisationUrban land useUrban developmentUrban development: Case studyRetail servicesChanging retail services: Case study New Page
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