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Settlements (Rural Settlement (A community involved in predominantly…
Settlements
Rural Settlement
A community involved in predominantly primary activities e.g. farming, lumbering and mininf
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Hamlets, villages, market towns
Urban Settlement
A community that engages predominantly in secondary activities and tertiary activities such as food processing, education and banking
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Individual towns, cities, capital cities. primate cities and conurbations
Settlement Structures
Dispersed Settlement
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Develop in hilly areas, extensive flatlands or rolling plains
Linear Settlement
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Tend to follow roads, coasts or rivers
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Nucleated Settlement
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They develop at intersections, focal points of an area or confluences of rivers
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