Settlement

Question 1

Site

Answer 1

Lamd where settlement is built on

Question 2

Situation

Answer 2

Settlements position in relation to the surrounding human and physical features

Question 3

Nucleated

Answer 3

All close together, close to neighbours, easy access services, areas with rich agriculture(farmers live in village but near fields)

Question 4

Dispersed

Answer 4

Far apart, where land is poor and ppl need to farm large areas(it would be hard to live in a village within easy distance from land), found in modern settlements with big commercial farms

Question 5

Linear

Answer 5

All in a line, each house can access road, can be along river or line of springs(water supply), put houses next to farmland to not waste theland

Question 6

Relief

Answer 6

Altitude can make temp cold, high areas have bad drainage

Question 7

Defence

Answer 7

Living with many people could help in an attack in history

Question 8

Soil

Answer 8

Fertile soil is important

Question 9

Resources

Answer 9

Oil for money, wood for starting the settlements

Question 10

Water supply

Answer 10

Very important feature of settlement

Question 11

Accessibility

Answer 11

For trade and communication

Question 12

Market town

Answer 12

Farmers buy and sell goods

Question 13

Port

Answer 13

Goods unloaded and loaded by ship

Question 14

Industrial town

Answer 14

Most people living there work in factories

Question 15

Resort

Answer 15

Tourists visit to enjoy

Question 16

Settlement hierarchy

Answer 16

1. Capital city
2. Regional centre
3. Large town
4. Small town
5. Village
6. Hamlet

Question 17

High order services

Answer 17

Services not needed as often, comparison goods

Question 18

Low order services

Answer 18

Services needed often

Question 19

Sphere of influence

Answer 19

Area served by a settlement

Question 20

Threshold population

Answer 20

Minimum number of potential customers

Question 21

Range

Answer 21

Distance people will travel for a service

Question 22

Comparison goods

Answer 22

Products purchased infrequently so customers evaluate prices

Question 23

Convenience goods

Answer 23

Goods purchased frequently with minimum effort

Question 24

Why do shops and services in a capital’s CBD have large sphere of influence

Answer 24

Accessibility, high order services, multiple stores, choice, quality

Question 25

Zone

Answer 25

Area with mainly one type of land use

Question 26

Conurbation

Answer 26

Large urban area formed when cities and town merge as they grow towards each other

Question 27

Land use

Answer 27

Different ways land is used(residential, industry, transport, leisure)

Question 28

Residential

Answer 28

Area with houses

Question 29

Burgess model in to out

Answer 29

CBD, factories, low class residential, medium class residential, high class residential

Question 30

Where do immigrants tend to move?

Answer 30

Inner city with cheap prices

Question 31

Disadvantages of burgess model

Answer 31

Mostly America cities, oversimplified, no physical features

Question 32

CBD

Answer 32

Central business district

Question 33

Transition zone

Answer 33

Area between suburbs and CBD

Question 34

Suburbs

Answer 34

Areas near edge of urban area with concentration of residential land use

Question 35

Rural- urban fringe

Answer 35

Boundary between rural and urban area

Question 36

Commuter belt

Answer 36

Areas of residential land use where people travel to work

Question 37

Greenfield site

Answer 37

Land that has never been built on

Question 38

Brownfield site

Answer 38

Land that has been built on but left abandoned

Question 39

Greenbelt

Answer 39

Protected areas of land around large urban areas

Question 40

Housing density

Answer 40

Houses /km2

Question 41

Problems of growing urban area

Answer 41

House shortage(demand), visual pollution, urban sprawl(habitat loss, loss of farmland), shanty towns, CBD empty and dangerous in evenings(robbery b/c inequality), CBD areas abandoned

Question 42

Problems of many children in an LEDC

Answer 42

Lack of education, unskilled workers, future unemployment, street children (crime)

Question 43

Why people move LEDC-MEDC

Answer 43

Unemployment, lack of services, worse healthcare, malnutrition, crime