settlement-geography

• A town is a larger settlement than a village, usually with a population ranging from a few thousand to tens of thousands of people.
• settlement 


  a settlement is where people live /work
• site


  the actual location of a settlement on earth
• situation 


  the situation of a city relates to its surrounding features both man made and natural
• wet point


  close to water in a dry area
• dry point


  higher dry area close to wet land e.g. marshes
• market town


  where local farmers sell goods. many of these towns don't operate markets e.g. ballygawley
• mining town


  developed to extract local rocks, minerals or fuel e.g. aryshire, scotland
• manufacturing


  where raw materials are processed into manufactured goods e.g. dungannon
• port


  goods and people can be transported in and out of an area. jobs can be provided by working on boats. e.g. Belfast
• route centre


  a settlement located at the meeting point of several roads/railways; the meeting point of two or more river valleys (which provide good road and rail routes through high land)e.g. belfast
• commercial


  shopping centres and recreation facilities such as sport centres and cinemas which provide services for people. e.g. craigavon rushmere shopping centre
• nucleated


  buildings are grouped together, they often grow around a road junction also known as clustered areas e.g. belfast, omagh
• dispersed


  buildings are far apart, found in rural areas usually, could be formed cause farmers need the land
• linear


  formed along a road, also called ribbon developments
• settlement heirarchy


  when places are put in order by size of population or range of services
• high order goods/comparison goods


  a good/service which is expensive and that people only occasionally buy e.g. luxury items, jewellery, car, furniture, phone, house, massage, spa day
• low order goods/convenience goods


  goods that people buy on a regular basis, maybe even everyday e.g. milk, bread, eggs
• CBD/ Central Business District factors


  1.leuisure and entertainment facilities 2.shops and offices 3.lots of public transport links 4.oldest 5.tall high density buildings 6.industry factories
• inner city factors: very few driveways, high-rise flats may replace run-down areas, terraced housing
• inner and outer suburbs factors: most expensive houses, semi-detached houses with gardens, parks and open spaces, some garages
• rural urban fringe factors: large detached houses with garages, grows in response to increased car ownership, cheapest housing, cheaper land, modern out of town shopping centres, high value land, newest buildings