Title: Factors influencing the siting and location of settlements - Free ZIMSEC & Cambridge Revision Notes
Headings: Factors influencing the siting and location of settlements
Factors influencing the siting and location of settlements
ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Population and Settlement:Factors influencing the siting and location of settlements
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Content: For example water, minerals, wood, fertile soil and grass. Water is a very important resource that attracts settlement. It is used for domestic/irrigation purposes, pastoral activities and in some cases where the river is navigable, for transport purposes. Settlements also occur along springs. Settlements can also occur as a result of a combination of these resources for example water and fertile lands for farming villages and towns. Settlements can also be attracted by forests and mountain areas where there is plentiful wood to be used as a fuel. Minerals such as asbestos have acted as a catalyst towards the formation of towns like Zvishavane and coal in Hwange. Human preferences and the influence of technology
Most barriers that prevented settlements from being built in certain areas have since been overcome. Settlements are now being built in areas previously marginalized. For example settlements are now being built even on steep slope using landscaping.