Title: Human Settlements: Types and Patterns | Geography Revision
Headings: Human Settlements: Types and Patterns
Human Settlements: Types and Patterns
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CLASSIFICATION OF SETTLEMENTS RURAL URBAN DICHOTOMY
PATTERNS AND TYPES OF SETTLEMENTS
Rural Settlements
Some factors influencing the location of rural settlements are:
Water Supply
Land
Upland
Building Material
Defence
Planned Settlements
Rural Settlement Patterns
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Content: The establishment’s size is relatively small. Some factors influencing the location of rural settlements are: Water Supply
Usually, rural settlements are settled near water bodies such as rivers, springs, and lakes where water can be readily obtained. Sometimes the requirement of water drives people to settle in otherwise disadvantaged places such as islands encompassed by swamps or low lying river banks. Most water-based ‘wet point’ settlements have many benefits such as water for cooking, washing and drinking. Rivers and lakes can be used to water farmland. Water bodies also have aquatic living beings like fish which can be grabbed for diet, and traversable rivers and lakes can be used for shipping. Land
People prefer to settle near fertile lands fit for agriculture. In Europe, villages developed up near rolling country evading swampy, low lying land while people in south-east Asia chose to reside near low lying river valleys and coastal plains befitted for wet rice cultivation. Early immigrants chose plain regions with fertile soils.