Settlements: Definitions

Question 1

Settlement

Answer 1

A place where people live and work. Settlements contain buildings and infrastructure.

Question 2

Site

Answer 2

The actual piece of land on which a settlement is built

Question 3

Situation

Answer 3

The location of a settlement in relation to surrounding areas

Question 4

Rural Settlemen

Answer 4

Countryside. Most people living there are involved in primary activities. Usually uni-functional

Question 5

Urban Settlement

Answer 5

Large settlements. People involved in secondary and tertiary activities. ie multi-functional

Question 6

Pattern

Answer 6

The physical distribution of settlements within a given area ie nucleated or dispersed

Question 7

Function

Answer 7

The main purpose of a settlement

Question 8

MEDC

Answer 8

More economically developed country

Question 9

LEDC

Answer 9

Less economically developed country

Question 10

Nomadic

Answer 10

Roaming from place to place for pasturage

Question 11

Refugee Camp

Answer 11

An area temporarily hosting people who are taking shelter away from their country due to war, persecution, natural disasters etc

Question 12

Influx contoll

Answer 12

Government control of entry into urban or other areas by work seekers and others

Question 13

Hamlet

Answer 13

A lose grouping of farmsteads ±6 houses and church (too small to be classified as a village)

Question 14

Village

Answer 14

A cluster of buildings and some primary functions (bigger than hamlet, smaller than town)

Question 15

Metropolis

Answer 15

A large town/city or urban agglomeration (has stature in terms of governance, commerce, religion and culture)

Question 16

Conurbation

Answer 16

A continuous urban area. An interlinked, built up area of previously separate cities.

Question 17

Dispersed

Answer 17

Buildings far apart - scattered/spread out

Question 18

Nucleated

Answer 18

Buildings clustered or close together

Question 19

Uni-functional

Answer 19

One function - usually primary eg farming, mining, fishing, forestry

Question 20

Multifunctional

Answer 20

Many functions - includes secondary and tertiary activities

Question 21

Complexity

Answer 21

refers to the number and order of functions in a settlement