Friday 12 February 2016

Revising Settlements


As promised here is a little revision for those who wish to keep their little grey cells ticking over during the break.

Read the Settlement Notes

Here are some questions to help you.

1. What is a settlement?

2. Write out the following settlement types in order of size (smallest to largest).
City, village, town, hamlet, conurbation

3. List five factors that will affect where a new settlement is built? (Think ancient times)

4. What is the difference between a settlement’s site and situation?

5. What is meant by a settlement’s function?

6. What is the function of the following settlements …
a. Dover
b. Chamonix
c. Sheffield (c1900)

7. For each of the following three village shapes, draw a diagram to show what it looks like and offer a suggestion as to why it might have occurred …
a. Nucleated
b. Linear
c. Dispersed

8. What is meant by the words …
a. Urbanisation
b. Suburbanisation
c. Counterurbanisation

9. What is a service?
a. Give three examples services that you would expect to find in a city?
b. Give three examples services that you would expect to find in a village?

10. Draw a clearly labeled diagram of the Burgess Model of land-use.
a. What do the letters CBD and ZIT stand for?
b. What would you expect to see if you visited each of these zones?
c. What are the weaknesses of Burgess’ model? (compare the model to real life).

11. What sorts of problems are often associated with the Inner City or ZIT?

12. What can governments do to improve the ZIT? (give an example of where this has happened)

Extension:

Watch the Megacities Video and think about .

Why do people move to the cities? (Think PUSH and PULL factors and OBSTACLES)
What are the logistical and social problems created by having so many people living so close together?