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1
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List the settlement hierarchy in order of settlements from smallest to largest. [6]

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  1. Hamlets
  2. Small villages
  3. Large villages
  4. Small towns
  5. Large towns
  6. Cities
2
Q

What are the patterns as you move up the settlement hierarchy?

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Settlements become:

  1. Bigger in population
  2. Fewer in number
3
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What does the order of goods and services define?

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How often we use them

4
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What are low order goods/services?

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Those which we buy and use almost every day (e.g. Milk/newspapers)

5
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What are middle order goods/services?

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Those which we buy on a fortnightly or monthly basis (e.g. Clothes/cinema tickets)

6
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What are high order goods/services?

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Those which we buy rarely (e.g. International flight tickets/furniture)

7
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Define the range of a product or service.

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The maximum distance that people will travel to buy or use it.

8
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What sort of goods do we not need to travel far for and why?

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Convenience goods (e.g. Milk) because all types of milk are readily available.

9
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What sort of goods might we need to travel far for and why?

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Comparison goods (e.g. TVs) because you are looking for a specific type of TV which may not be available in some closer stores.

10
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Define the threshold of a product or service.

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The number of customers needed to make an enterprise profitable.

11
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Define the sphere of influence of a settlement.

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The area of people around it that are attracted to use its services.

12
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What is the function of a settlement?

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Its main purpose.

13
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Give an example of a function of a settlement.

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Tourist settlement

14
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What kind of sphere of influence does a tourist settlement typically have?

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A large sphere of influence.

15
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List three factors that affect a settlement’s sphere of influence.

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  1. Function
  2. Accessibility
  3. Competition from rival settlements
16
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What is a dormitory settlement?

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A settlement where commuters to a large city sleep.

17
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What kind of sphere of influence does a dormitory settlement have?

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Small sphere of influence.

18
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Explain how the function of a settlement may affect its sphere of influence. (Tourist/dormitory)

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If a settlement’s function is tourism it will have a large sphere of influence because people are attracted to it from all over the world.
If a settlement’s function is to serve as a dormitory settlement it will have a small sphere of influence because people only use its services when they are commuting to a large city and need to sleep.

19
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Explain how the accessibility of a settlement may affect its sphere of influence.

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A settlement that is easy to get to might have a larger sphere of influence as a result. For example, Juneau in Alaska has a smaller sphere of influence because it is not accessible by car.

20
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Explain how competition from rival settlements may affect the sphere of influence of a particular settlement.

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If a city is near a town, more people will go to the city.
This is because the city has the widest variety and largest number of high-order goods and services.
This reduces the sphere of influence of the nearby town.

21
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How might you assess the sphere of influence of a particular settlement? [2]

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  1. Find out where people have come from to shop in the settlement’s city centre.
  2. Look at the catchment area of the largest school in the settlement.