Title: Lesson 5: Human Settlement Factors - Learn with Kassia
Headings: LESSON 5: HUMAN SETTLEMENT FACTORS
LESSON 5: HUMAN SETTLEMENT FACTORS
Geography in Action:
Human Settlement Factors:
Action Item: Group Skit "Leaving Home"

Content: This plan for a highway development in Iceland has been blocked several times. What reasons do you think might affect where a government decides to build a road? As a class we discussed: mountains, lava fields, safety (need for curves), the environment, recreation, soil, etc...
This particular road, however, was blocked for a completely human (or almost human...) reason: local "Elf consultants" were concerned that the road would be disruptive to an elf church they claimed the road ran through. Elf Church Disrupts Building
There are many reasons why humans make the choices they do about building settlements. Factors include: Physical Features
Body of water (transportation routes, water for drinking and farming)
Flat land (easy to build)
Fertile soil (for crops)
Forests (timber and housing)
Human Factors
people who share a common language, religion or culture
social network or supports
quality of life
employment
Human Settlement Factors: There are many reasons why humans make the choices they do about building settlements. Factors include: