Settlement

Settlement

1. Functions

   • Multifunctional e.g. Limerick
   • Market
   • Defence
   • Resources
   • Port
   • Residential
   • Recreation
   • Ecclesiastical

2. New patterns

   • Reclaimed land/polders e.g. Zuiderzee Project

3. Distribution

   • Nucleated/Clustered
     • Resource/terrain factors
       • Altitude
       • Drainage
       • Bridging points
       • Land quality
     • Social/historical factors
     • Primate cities, e.g. Dublin
   • Dispersed
   • Linear/ribbon

4. Early settlers

   • Pre-Christian
   • Viking
   • Norman
   • Plantation

5. Settlers needs

   • Water
   • Food
   • Defence
   • Communications

6. Communications

   • Rivers
   • Canals
   • Roads
   • Railway
   • Airports
   • Ports