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Notes Chapter 2 Settlement and Urbanisation - Coggle Diagram
Notes Chapter 2 Settlement and Urbanisation
Settlement
A place where people live
Low-order settlements
Villages
High-order settlements
Large cities
Sphere of influence
The area served by a settlement
Services
High-order services
Services with a small
threshold population
University
Furniture store
Low-order services
Services with a small
threshold population
Primary schools
Local shops
Range
The maximum distance that people
are prepared to travel in order to obtain
a particular service
Rural settlements
Settlement patterns
Dispersed
Linear
Nucleated
Factors influencing the sites and
development of rural settlements
Agricultural land use
Relief
Altitude
Gradient
Aspect
Soils
Water supply
Drainage and flooding
Accessibility
Urbanisation
The increase of percentage of the
population living in towns and cities
Agricultural centres
Ports
Mega-cities
Counter-urbanisation
Administrative towns and cities
Urban land use
Industrial areas
Transport routes
Residential areas
Open spaces
Central Business District (CBD)
Urban structures in MEDC cities
Burgess's concentric zone model
Hoyt's sector model
Problems associated with
the growth of urban areas
Crime and racial conflict
Solutions to the problems of the CBD
Problems of the CBD
Squatter settlements
Slum housing
The effects of urbanisation
on the environment
Visual pollution
Water pollution
Noise pollution
Air pollution
Urban Sprawl