Settlement

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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

SITE: land upon which it is built

*wet point site (supply water)

*dry point site (avoid flooding)

*defensive site (high ground allows the inhabitant to see enemies

*aspect (sunny)

*shelter (away from rain and prevailing wind)

*trading point (natural routed meet along rivers or natural routeways)

*resources (natural resources could be found)

SITUATION: location in relation to surrounding human and physical features

MEDC (Town or City) (URBAN AREA)

LEDC (remote area) (RURAL AREA)

Rural area settlement patterns

*Isolated farms

*Hamlets (small amounts of houses grouped tgt)

*Villages (large amounts of house group tgt)

NUCLEATED SETTLEMENT: clustered tgt. Grouped around a central point.

DISPERSED SETTLEMENT: spread out. Caused by RELIEF of land which makes building settlements hard