Post on 14-Dec-2015
Settlement PatternsCHAPTER 4: SETTLEMENTS
Settlement Patterns The arrangement of where people live on the
earth or in a country, and the factors that influence this arrangement Where people live
How they organize/arrange those spaces
Why is it important?
Understand how people in different parts of the world live
Learn how a settlement connects to its surrounding environment
Understand how people and goods move between places
Understand social problems about where people live and how they use land
Different Types of Settlements
Size
Shape
Appearance
Size: Population Density Number of people that live in a certain area
Can be written as a ratio of # of people / km2
Hamlet
A small group of houses
Oberwil in Waldkirch, St. Gallen, SwitzerlandCape Dorset aka Kinngait, on Dorset Island, near the southern tip of Baffin Island, Nunavut
Village
A small community A few hundred people to a few thousand
Bisley, Gloucestershire, Englandtypical Canela village in Brazil
Town
A settlement bigger than a village but smaller than a city
Çeşme, TurkeyOrangeville, Ontario
City
A large and permanent settlement
Sydney, AustraliaBrampton, Ontario
Metropolis
A city with over a million inhabitants
Shanghai, China Population: 13,831,900
Mumbai, IndiaPopulation: 13,830,884
Karachi, Pakistan population: 12,991,000
Shape & Appearance of Settlements
Population Distribution: The patterns of where people live
3 types: Linear: a small settlement built in a
straight or wavy pattern
Low density
Found along roads, railways, rivers/lakes, and along long narrow valleys
Scattered: (dispersed) a rural settlement where houses are built away from each
other
Eg. Farms
The houses may have a barn or other buildings attached, but they are far away from their neoghbours
Clustered: People live very close together
High density
Built around a core expanding outward and/or upward
Champlain, Quebec
Dharavi slums, Mumbai, India
Toronto, Ontario
Langland Bay - Wales
Mclear, Eastern Cape, Africa
Mngazana, Transkei, South Africa
Moore, Idaho
near Dalhousie, India
Rio De Jeneiro, Brazil
Sun Valley, Idaho
near Hung la, China
Changing Communities and Settlements
Communities are always changing
Leave a place for school, employment, etc.
Cities are growing, taking over farmland
New technologies, and trends