Settlement PatternsCHAPTER 4: SETTLEMENTS

Settlement Patterns The arrangement of where people live on the

earth or in a country, and the factors that influence this arrangement Where people live

How they organize/arrange those spaces

Why is it important?

Understand how people in different parts of the world live

Learn how a settlement connects to its surrounding environment

Understand how people and goods move between places

Understand social problems about where people live and how they use land

Different Types of Settlements

Size

Shape

Appearance

Size: Population Density Number of people that live in a certain area

Can be written as a ratio of # of people / km2

Hamlet

A small group of houses

Oberwil in Waldkirch, St. Gallen, SwitzerlandCape Dorset aka Kinngait, on Dorset Island, near the southern tip of Baffin Island, Nunavut

Village

A small community A few hundred people to a few thousand

Bisley, Gloucestershire, Englandtypical Canela village in Brazil

Town

A settlement bigger than a village but smaller than a city

Çeşme, TurkeyOrangeville, Ontario

City

A large and permanent settlement

Sydney, AustraliaBrampton, Ontario

Metropolis

A city with over a million inhabitants

Shanghai, China Population: 13,831,900

Mumbai, IndiaPopulation: 13,830,884

Karachi, Pakistan population: 12,991,000

Shape & Appearance of Settlements

Population Distribution: The patterns of where people live

3 types: Linear: a small settlement built in a

straight or wavy pattern

Low density

Found along roads, railways, rivers/lakes, and along long narrow valleys

Scattered: (dispersed) a rural settlement where houses are built away from each

other

Eg. Farms

The houses may have a barn or other buildings attached, but they are far away from their neoghbours

Clustered: People live very close together

High density

Built around a core expanding outward and/or upward

Champlain, Quebec

Dharavi slums, Mumbai, India

Toronto, Ontario

Langland Bay - Wales

Mclear, Eastern Cape, Africa

Mngazana, Transkei, South Africa

Moore, Idaho

near Dalhousie, India

Rio De Jeneiro, Brazil

Sun Valley, Idaho

near Hung la, China

Changing Communities and Settlements

Communities are always changing

Leave a place for school, employment, etc.

Cities are growing, taking over farmland

New technologies, and trends