Geog: settlements key word revision

A place where people live e.g hamlet, village, town, city

The location of a settlement in relation to its surroundings

The place where a settlement was built

the main activity of a place - affects its economic and social development

Larger than a village – tens of thousands of people. All services of a village and hamlet, plus railway station, secondary schools, leisure centre, health centre, small shopping centre, supermarket and banks

the ranking of settlement by size

• Settlement hierarchy

• City

• Hamlet

• Function

an inhabited place of greater size, population, or importance than a town or village. All services of a town and village, plus university, cathedral, hospital, sports stadium, airport, large shopping centres. Including a wide range of specialist services that may not be found in other settlements.​ (a)  

• City
• Town
• Village
• Hamlet

Larger than a village – tens of thousands of people. All services of a village and hamlet, plus railway station, secondary schools, leisure centre, health centre, small shopping centre, supermarket and banks

Match the following

• megacity

• a large area formed from the growth and merging of two or more towns or cities

• village

• a very large city, typically one with a population of over 10 million people

• hamlet

• A small, isolate group of homes with usually no services.

• conurbation

• Can vary in size from a few hundred people to a several thousand people. Services = primary schools, church, doctor’s surgery, small shops, bus service, pub

Match the following

• high order services

• the area served by a particular settlement

• sustainable city

• a good or service, usually expensive, that people buy only occasionally 

• sphere of influence

• offers a good quality of life to current residents but doesn't reduce the opportunities for future residents to enjoy, with minimal damage to the environment.

• low order service

• the services people use on a regular basis (hamlets & villages usually have low goods & order services only

  
  

• convenience goods (low order goods)

• – Goods that people buy every day. They don't usually cost much money and people would not normally travel far to buy them.