These notes cover Rural and Urban Settlement as per the IEB SAGS. Included are notes on the Study of Settlement, Rural Settlement, Rural Settlement Issues, Urban Settlement, Urban Hierarchies, Urban Structure & Patterns as well as Urban Settlement Issues. If you have any suggestions to improve my n...
1. STUDY OF SETTLEMENT
2. RURAL SETTLEMENT
3. RURAL SETTLEMENT ISSUES
4. URBAN SETTLEMENTS
5. URBAN HIERARCHIES
6. URBAN STRUCTURE AND PATTERNS
7. URBAN SETTLEMENT ISSUES
8. URBAN DEFINITIONS
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, 1. STUDY OF SETTLEMENTS
CONCEPT OF SETTLEMENT
• A settlement is a place where a group of
people come together to live in a single
integrated system
• Settling is the act of a group of people
coming together to live in a single
integrated system
• Settlement geography considers settlement
as the place where people live, buildings
are found, infrastructures exist and
activities take place
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SITE AND SITUATION
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SITE
• Site refers to the physical ground in which a settlement is built on and the
characteristics of the ground
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE SITE OF A SETTLEMENT
• Physical factors (e.g., water availability, aspect, relief, soils)
• Economic factors
• Road access
• Historical and traditional factors
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