settlment

settlment

1. the factors you need

   • water
     • easy to defend
       • timber
         • farmland
           • safe from flooding

2. a settlement is a place where people live;it could be a hamlet,village town or city

3. a site is the land a settlement is built on

4. nucleated

   • the building form a cluster
     • linear
       • the buildings are strung out along a road
         • dispeared
           • the buildings are all spread out

5. hamlet

   • small village
     • large village
       • small town
         • large town
           • city
             • department stores,cathedral,university,football stadium,airport
           • shopping centres,secondary schools,colleges,cinemas,theatres,sport centres,,museums
         • library,clothes shops,shoe shops,banks,restaurants, hotels
       • primary school,small supermarket,health centre,cafes
     • church,pup,village shop,post office
   • phone box
     • may grow

6. far more hamlets than towns and cities

7. as settlements get larger they offer more services

8. urban model

   • modern housing
     • housing 1920,1950
       • 19th century housing
         • the cbd
           • old industrial area
             • new industrial area
               • industrial estates and business parks built since 1970,close to main roads
             • along a river,canal or railway.many old factories now closed.area may look run down
           • large shops and offices. restaurants,cafes,museums,cinemas and thetres
         • mostly terrace houses for factory workers.some replaced by high rise flats. small corner shops nearby.INNER CITY OR TRANSITION ZONE
       • larger houses,usually with gardens. some parks.some rows of shops. INNER SUBBURBS
     • new houses+estates+shopping centres. Parks and other open areas.this area is the outer suburbs

9. redevelopmant

   • e.g greenwich peninsula