Settlement Types

Front 1

Define an urban settlement.

Back 1

When the majority of people are engaged in secondary and tertiary industry.
- large towns and cities
- provide a great degree of goods and services
- one or more adjoining districts which represent a population cluster of 10,000 or more.
- processing of resources and provision of goods and services
- perform dormitory, collection and storage, distribution, production, administration and provision of goods and services functions.

Front 2

Dispersed settlement
define
2 types
characteristics

Back 2

Dispersed settlements result when each individual settlement is separated by some distance.
1. Uniformly dispersed: settlements are distributed evenly over the land surface.
2. Irregularly dispersed: settlements are not evenly distributed over the land surface because of (steep slopes, rivers, railway etc.)
- typical of farming settlements in Australia
- land is divided into rectangular blocks and homes are placed in centre of block.

Front 3

Nucleated settlement
define
3 types

Back 3

Nucleated settlements occur when settlements are grouped or clustered together around a particular feature.
1. Regular shape: such as square or rectangular.
2. Stellate (star shaped): reflects growth along an number of transport arteries.
3. Linear shape: reflect growth along one major line such as a transport route, river valley.

Front 4

Farmhouse/ Homestead
describe the essential characteristics
Hint:7

Back 4

1. Is a collection of buildings.
2. includes the dwelling and associated functional buildings.
3. settlement usually located at the most accessible part of the property
4. dirt roads will lead to the house from all other parts of the property.
5. along the road will be outwards movements of labour, machinery and materials.
6. the internal network is used to collect production at farmstead.
7. the external network connects farmstead to collection points and urban service centres.

Front 5

Town
describe the essential characteristics.
Hint: 7

Back 5

1. small and large varieties.
2. consist of a number of dwellings clustered together.
3. provide service function centres for people on farms.
4. connecting network of tracks and roads from farms to service centre.
5. have a post office, bank, general store, church, hotel, service station and specialty stores depending on pop.
6. large towns have secondary schools, medical facilities and administrative functions.
7. 1000 to 10,000 + pop. range

Front 6

City & Metropolis
describe the essential characteristics

Back 6

1. cities vary greatly in size and act as regional centres offering a wide variety of specialist goods and services.
2. administrative functions are more significant in these areas
3. minor and major roads, railway lines, waterways (Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Darwin).
4. Often located on the coast at port sites e.g. Perth, Melbourne
5. Metropolis is a large capital city
6. capital cities which have the influence over the whole state.
7. up to four million people may live in these areas in Australia e.g. Sydney.

Front 7

Conurbation

Back 7

1. cities that expand from their original site and absorb centres that were previously separate.