Urbanisation and how were sites for early settlements chosen!✨ Flashcards
What is urbanisation?
Urbanisation is the increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities
What does urbanisation look at?
Urbanisation looks at the functions and land use of settlements and shows how changes may bring benefits but can also cause benefits.
What does the word ‘site’ mean and when was a site chosen?
The word ‘site’ means the actual place where a village or town grew up. A site was chosen if it had one or more natural advantages.
The more natural advantages a place had what was it more likely to do?
The more natural advantages a place had the more likely it was to grow in size.
Explain protection as a natural advantage.
Good views from a hilltop give you warning if you are about to be attacked.
Explain plenty of water as a natural advantage.
Needed for drinking, cooking and washing. Water might come from a river, spring or well
Explain not too much water as a natural advantage.
Sites must not flood or be marshy
Explain rivers as a natural advantage.
Easy to cross either on foot at a ford or by a bridge.
Explain building materials as a natural advantage.
Needed wood or stone. Useful to be near a wood or a rocky hillside.
Explain supply of wood as a natural advantage.
Needed for fires for warmth and to cook on
Explain shelter as a natural advantage.
A south facing slope will have more sun and be protected from the cold north wind.
Explain flat land as a natural advantage.
Easier to build on, for growing crops and travelling to other towns.
