Rural Settlement: A type of settlement located in the countryside, characterized by low population density and mainly dispersed or nucleated patterns, often comprising farms, villages, hamlets, and small market towns.
Urban Settlement: A densely populated area with complex land use, including cities, large towns, and conurbations, typically offering a wide range of services and functions.
Dispersed Settlement: A rural pattern where individual buildings or small groups of buildings (hamlets) are spread out over a large area, often in difficult physical environments like mountains or marshlands.
Nucleated Settlement: A settlement pattern where buildings are grouped closely together, often for defensive, social, or economic reasons, forming villages or towns.
Linear Settlement: A settlement aligned along a line of communication such as a road, river, or canal, with buildings stretching along the route.
1. What does a 'nucleated settlement' mean?
2. In which year was Burgess's concentric zone model of urban land use developed?
3. What is the primary role or purpose of dispersed settlements in rural areas?
Settlement Types — main difference?
Rural are low density; urban are densely populated.
Dispersed Settlement — pattern?
Buildings spread out over large areas.
Nucleated Settlement — pattern?
Buildings clustered together, forming villages or towns.
Linear Settlement — location?
Along roads, rivers, or canals.
Settlement Hierarchy — basis?
Size, services, influence.
Urban Land Use Models — purpose?
Explain city spatial organization.
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