LANDSCAPES WITH HUMAN

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NATURAL LANDSCAPES

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At http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes

LANDSCAPES It’s all the visible elements of an area of land.

According to the Elements

Natural landscapes Landscapes with human elements

It hasn’t been changed by humans. It has been changed by humans.

Rural settlement

It just has natural elements, such as mountains, plains, ponds...

Coastal landscapeInland landscape

Plains or plateaus landscape

Mountain landscape

It has natural and human elements, such as buildings, traffic lights...

Forest and pylons

SETTLEMENTS It’s a human establishment.

Settlement’s location

According to its history

According to its function

1 On a hill, so people could defend themselves.

Types of settlements

2 Near natural resources , such as woods.

Rural landscapes Urban landscapes

Towns Villages Cities Mega cities

3 Near a river, so people could collect water.4 In protected places, so people sheltered from weather.5 In plains or plateaus, so people could move around.1 2 3

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1 Fishing harbours in bays, so boats were protected.2 Settlements near coal mines, so people didn’t have to travel.

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Megacities

Cities

Towns

Villages

Individual houses

Types of settlements

Rural landscapes Urban landscapes

The settlements, called towns, are small.If they are very small, they are villages.They can be mountain or coastal towns or villages.In areas it doesn’t rain a lot, houses are near each other and next to rivers.In areas it rains a lot, houses are farther away from each other.Buildings are low and made of natural materials such as clay or stone.

Low houses near each other, next to a river.

Houses farther away in a wet place.

They don’t have many naturals elements.The settlements are big and many people live them. They are cities or megacities (+ than 10 million people).They can be coastal or inland.They have wide streets divided into districts.Older districts are in the centre. Buildings are lower, streets narrower with irregular patterns.Modern districts have large blocks of flats or skyscrapers (very tall) and grid patterns.Buildings are tall and made of steel and concrete.

House of clay and stone.

Modern district with grid pattern.

Old district with

irregular pattern.

Skyscraper made of steel and

concrete.

Summing upIt’s a natural landscape.It’s an inland landscape.It’s a mountain landscape.

Summing upIt’s a natural landscape.It’s an inland landscape.It’s a plain or plateaus landscape.

Summing upIt’s a natural landscape.It’s a coastal landscape.

Summing upIt’s a landscape with human elements.It’s a town.It’s on a hill, so people could defend themselves.

Carcasone in France

Almansa in Castilla La Mancha

CarcasoneAcerenza in Italy

Summing upIt’s a landscape with human elements.It’s a town.It’s near a forest.Cabezón de

Liébana in Cantabria

Cabezón de Liébana in Cantabria

Blatina in Check

Summing upIt’s a landscape with human elements.It’s a town.It’s near a river, so people could collect water.Besalú in Gerona

Potes in Cantabria

Summing upIt’s a landscape with human elements.It’s a town.It’s on a protected place, so people sheltered from weather.

Summing upIt’s a landscape with human elements.It’s a town.It’s on a plateau, so people could move around.

Santiago de Calatrava in JaénKamnik Alps in Slovenia

Summing upIt’s a landscape with human elements.It’s a town.It’s a fishing harbour, so boats were protected.

North Shields in UK

Summing upIt’s a landscape with human elements.It’s a town.It’s near a coal mine, so people didn’t need to travel.

Calico in USA

Bustiello in Asturias

Summing upIt’s a landscape with human elements.It’s a city.It’s an old district of the city.

Siena in Italy

Córdoba in Spain

Summing upIt’s a landscape with human elements.It’s a city.It’s a modern district of the city.

San Sebastián in País Vasco

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