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Settlement - Key Terms and Definitions
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Settlement key terms and definitions for KS3
Terms in this set (18)
Accessibility
How easy it is to get to a place.
CBD
Central Business District - the main commercial and business centre of a settlement with the highest land values.
Conurbation
Where a number of towns / cities have expanded and joined into each other to produce an extended urban area.
Dispersed Settlement
Where buildings are very spread out
Function
The purpose of a settlement - e.g. residential, commercial etc.)
Hamlet
Small settlement with only a few residential buildings and without a church.
High-order settlement
This is a settlement with lots of high level shops and services (e.g. department stores, theatres, hospitals etc.)
Land-use
The way land is used e.g. for housing, farming, industry, recreation etc.
Linear settlement
Long, narrow settlements where buildings have grown up along a road.
Low-order settlement
This is a settlement with only a few basic shops and services (e.g. post office)
Nucleated settlement
Where buildings are clustered close together often around a crossroads
Settlement
A place where people live
Settlement Hierarchy
A ranking of settlements according to size or importance
Settlement Pattern
The shape and spacing of settlements
Site
This is the actual land on which the settlement was built.
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