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38 Cards in this Set
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What is a settlement |
Place where community is established. Nomadic. Permanent. Temporary |
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CBD |
Heart city Highland value High density Main shopping/comercial centre |
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Types industrial areas |
Heavy. Enrgy intensive cause lots of polution and very noisy. Light. Clothes consumer elec. |
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Types Residential areas |
High income. Low density, big house/gardens, landscaping, well planed, excellent infrastructure, well laid out, brilliant service provision. Middle income. Meduim sized plots, close city centre, good infrastructure,meduim density, good service provision. Low income. High density, cheap housing, poor infrastructure, pollution. |
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Rural settlements |
40% SA live here Most low density |
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Rural farming |
Based availability resources, large plot, land used grow crops, farmhouse, windmill, lake. Subsistence, self suffiecient. Small scale, small surplus for sale. Commercial, large scale. |
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Rural mining |
Large scale= rail roads, machinery, mineshafts, equipment, quarries, nucleated. |
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Rural fishing |
Near river lake |
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Rural forestry |
Machinery depot, water suplly, parking area, accomadation, rail road. |
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Types rural settlement |
Linear, along river. Dispersed, farms large amount open land in between. Circular, open space surrounded by barns etc. Clustered, close to each other. |
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What is urbanisation and why is there? |
Physical growth urban areas as result rural migration to cities. Reasons, cultural, economical, politcal. |
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Push and pull forces |
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Housing and rapid urbanisation |
Huge informal settlements because of large ammount people from rural. Government not build fast enough. |
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Service provision and rapid urbanisation |
More people using same amount services same amount provision, only better if improve. But not cheap. |
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Education and rapid urbanisation |
Rural growing to fast hovernment cant keep up |
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Health and rapid urbanisations. |
Large informal settlements cause lot of health problems. Pathogens exposed. Not enough health care facilities. |
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Reasons for trade |
Scarcity resources surplus some parts world require movement resourcesbetween countries. Peaceful weapon. Trade political reasons. Trade certain good because either lack tech to produce or produce cheaper. |
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Link between transport and what is traded |
Time, cost, safety, specialised features. |
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Link between cost and what is transported |
Cost to high deters trade negative country. Cost to much invest money in bank. Create unemployment, lowering spending power people edonomy suffer. Trade must flourish economic growth. |
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Link between transport infrastructure and trade |
Well deveveloped, maintained more effective and efficient. Allows trade increase. |
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Major modes in economy |
Sea, air, road, rail.serve uses: economic trade, political trade, day to day travel needs. |
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Air transport |
Very expensive, very fast. Cargo mining equipment |
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Sea teansport |
90% trade by sea. Major shipping lanes. Well developed harbours handle millions of tons import, export cargo |
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Road transport |
2 types 1. People 2. Goods Type of good determkne type of transport |
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Rail transport |
Cheap. Cargo maize, wheat, uses electricty, diesel, coal. Slow transport. |
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Pipeline transport |
Commonly liquids but also gas |
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Sanral |
South african road agency. Maintaining, improcing roads. |
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ACSA |
Airports company south africa limited. Opperates principal airports. |
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SACAA |
South africa Civil aviation authority. In charge all airline activity. |
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Transnet |
Biggest most important freight trans port company. Freight rail. National ports authority, pipelines, port terminals. |
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Road network SA |
All national primary and secondary roads tarred. Billions spent yearly on upgrading, |
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Railways SA |
Connect all major cities, extensive railway system, most highly developed in africa, |
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Airports SA |
Handle over 98% country commercial air traffic. Saa kargest air carriers connecting 20 cities. Cape town best in africa. OR tambo 3rd and king shaka 4th |
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Harbours SA |
Most competitive sa. Makor shipping lsnes passing coast. No ships registered sa. 96%export shipped. |
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Requirements future development |
Sustainable development Socio economic Population growth Increased tourism |
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Port durban |
9th largest world. Busiest general carho port africa. Third busiest container terminal S hemisphere. Focal point Sa economic growth. Located in lagoon. Large enough form natuural hsrbour protected by a bluf. Major exports, manganese ore, coal, wheat. Major imports, vehicle, wheat. . Major imports, vehicle, wheat. |
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Specislised ships. |
Container ships Tankers Bulk carriers Passenger liners |
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Private modes transport |
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