Upgrade to remove ads
Only $2.99/month

Settlement - Key Terms and Definitions

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.
Situation
This is where a place is located in relation to other places
Urban
This relates to towns or cities
Urbanisation
An increase in the number of people living in towns / cities.
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE...