2.1.1: Relationships and connections

Question 1

what is the definition of location?

Answer 1

where a place is, for example the coordinates of a map

Question 2

what Is the definition of Locale?

Answer 2

Locale, takes into the account the effect that people have on their setting. In terms of locale, a place is shaped by the people, cultures and customs within it.

Question 3

What is the definition of Sense of Place?

Answer 3

This refers to the emotional and subjective attachments people have to a place. This may be completely different from another persons perspective.

Question 4

What are the five main settlement sites?

Answer 4

Bridging point, dry land, modal point, defensive strategy, wet point

Question 5

Explain the settlement site- Bridging point

Answer 5

Where a river was shallow enough to be crossed (a ford) or narrow enough to build a bridge

Question 6

Explain the settlement site-Dry land

Answer 6

Away from the risk of flooding- e.g Ely in Cambridgeshire

Question 7

Explain the settlement site-nodal point

Answer 7

Settlements often form where natural route ways and rivers meet, which helps the development of roads.

Question 8

Explain the settlement site- Defensive strategy

Answer 8

Often found on higher grounds so that enemies could be seen in the distance

Question 9

Explain the settlement site-Wet point

Answer 9

Good water supply. Many settlements grew around wet point sites, e.g villages in the South Downs

Question 10

What are the four main settlement functions?

Answer 10

Market town, port, industrial town, resort

Question 11

What are the five rings in the rural-urban continuum from centre outwards?

Answer 11

Urban area, rural/urban fringe, commuter belt, accessible rural, remote rural

Question 12

what do you find the further you go out you go on the rural/urban continuum?

Answer 12

less amenities, technology and functionality

Question 13

What is the definition of an urban area?

Answer 13

An urban area is the region surrounding a city. Urban areas are very developed, meaning there is a density of human structures such as houses, commercial buildings, roads, bridges, and railways.

Question 14

What is the definition of the rural/ urban fringe?

Answer 14

Refers to the immediate surroundings of an urban area, which contains elements of urban area, such as a golf courses alongside open countryside.

Question 15

What is the definition of the commuter belt?

Answer 15

A large area surrounding a city which people travel to work each day.