As promised here is a little revision for those who wish to keep their little grey cells ticking over during the break.
Read the Settlement Notes
Here are some questions to help you.
1. What is a settlement?
2. Write out the
following settlement types in order of size (smallest to largest).
City, village, town, hamlet, conurbation
City, village, town, hamlet, conurbation
3. List five factors that
will affect where a new settlement is built? (Think ancient times)
4. What is the difference
between a settlement’s site and situation?
5. What is meant by a
settlement’s function?
6. What is the function
of the following settlements …
a. Dover
b. Chamonix
c. Sheffield (c1900)
7. For each of the
following three village shapes, draw a diagram to show what it looks like and
offer a suggestion as to why it might have occurred …
a. Nucleated
b. Linear
c. Dispersed
8. What is meant by the
words …
a. Urbanisation
b. Suburbanisation
c. Counterurbanisation
9. What is a service?
a. Give three examples
services that you would expect to find in a city?
b. Give three examples
services that you would expect to find in a village?
10. Draw a clearly
labeled diagram of the Burgess Model of land-use.
a. What do the letters
CBD and ZIT stand for?
b. What would you expect
to see if you visited each of these zones?
c. What are the
weaknesses of Burgess’ model? (compare the model to real life).
11. What sorts of
problems are often associated with the Inner City or ZIT?
12. What can governments
do to improve the ZIT? (give an example of where this has happened)
Why do people move to the cities? (Think PUSH and PULL factors and OBSTACLES)
What are the logistical and social problems created by having so many people living so close together?
Extension:
Watch the Megacities Video and think about .Why do people move to the cities? (Think PUSH and PULL factors and OBSTACLES)
What are the logistical and social problems created by having so many people living so close together?
