Geography Ig

• Impact of mshrieb project-

  sucessful and brought people back to their roots
• Rural area-

  • country side
  • sparsely populated
  • open space
  • minimal infra
  • agricultural employment
• Urban area

  • densely populated
  • many infrastructure
  • employment is varied
• nucleate-

  building grouped together

  clustered
• Linear

  houses built around steep hill
• Dispersed

  scattered, iso
• Urban settlement


  A settlement with urban characteristics
• Functions of settlements

  • Known for certain things
  • Industrial
  • Resort
• Population


  Number of people living in a settlement
• Hierarchy

  • city
  • town
  • village
  • hamlet
• Sphere of influence-

  area served by particular settlement
• Factors impacting SI

  • competition from near by settlement
  • functions of settlement for certain things
  • Population and size of settlement
  • transport
• CBC

  • large city and shops
  • high land value
  • accessible location
  • historical core such as castle
  • few people live here
• Inner city-

  • old terraced housing
  • old abandoned factories
  • run down appearance
• Suburbs-

  • covers large area
  • main residential
  • Part of urban area
  • houses have garden and garage
  • recent household is expensive
• Fact of mshreib

  • pioneer development revives old heart of city
  • aims to set benchmark