Settlements.

Settlements.

1. Collection of dwellings were people live.

2. Nucleated.

   • Buildings in a settlement are built close to each other.

3. Linear.

   • Where buildings are built along a road, river or coast.

4. Dispersed.

   • Buildings are built far appart from each other, with no particular pattern.

5. Rural.

   • Advantages are:
     • Water supplies are usually found near settlements.
     • Flat land, good place to build.
     • Good accessibly from roads or railways.
     • Natural Resources, such as mines or forests.
     • Fair and stable climate.
     • Fertile land.

6. Urban.

   • Advantages
     • Many available jobs.
     • Good accessibility such as large roads or highways, trains, boat or planes.
     • More services such as schools, hospitals, universities...
     • Shopping and entertainment facilities.
   • Land use.
     • CBD/Central Business District.
       • Offices, and big companies.
     • Residential Areas.
       • Where people live.
     • Industrial Areas.
     • Provision of open spaces.
     • Transport Routes.
   • Possible patterns.
     • MEDC.
       • The Burgess' Model.
       • The Hoyt's Model.
     • LEDC.
       • The Waugh's Model.
   • Disadvantages of population growth.
     • Housing Shortages.
     • Traffic congestions.
     • Pollution.
     • Squatter settlements.

7. What affects size and growth of a settlement.

   • Accessibility and transport links.
   • Services.
   • Jobs.
   • Entertainment.