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24 Cards in this Set
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Settlement |
A place where people live |
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High order settlements |
Settlements higher up the hierarchy e.g large cities |
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Low-order settlements |
Settlements lower down the hierarchy e.g. villages |
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Sphere of influence |
Area served by a settlement Size depends on: -settlement's size and the service it provides -area's population density -wealth of people in the area -transport facilities -competition from other settlements |
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Threshold population |
Minimum number of people needed to provide a large enough demand for a service |
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Range |
Maximum distance that people are prepared to travel in order to obtain a particular service |
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Settlement patterns |
The shape that a settlement forms on the map and how clustered or scattered it is |
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Nucleated |
Dwellings are clustered together as villages with fewer isolated dwellings. The shape of the villages is compact and more square or circular |
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Dispersed |
There are scattered isolated dwellings and small hamlets with few villages |
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Linear |
Settlements are in long thin rows often along roads or tracks |
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Site |
The land that the settlement is actually built on |
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Situation |
The position of the settlement in relation to the surrounding area |
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Dormitory villages |
When people live in a village but work in nearby towns resulting in them commuting everyday |
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Aspect |
The direction in which the slope faces |
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Wet-point sites |
Dry areas with reliable water supplies from rivers, springs and wells |
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Dry-point sites |
Poorly drained areas |
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Urbanisation |
The growth of towns and cities leading to an increasing percentage of the population living in urban areas |
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Counter - urbanisation |
Movement of people back from urban areas to rural areas |
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Mega-cities |
Cities with populations of over ten million including extremely large cornubations |
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Nodal points |
Where natural routeways such as river valleys meet |
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Hinterland |
The land behind on the port where goods are exported/imported |
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Entreports |
Places where goods are imported then re-exported without paying taxes |
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Urban morphology (structure) |
Distribution of certain types of land use in a town or city |
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Model |
A simplified theory that attempts to explain how things work |
