Zusammenfassung der Ressource
What are the distinctive
features of settlements?
- Settlement hierarchy
- Hamlet
- Village
- Town
- City
- Connurbation
- Mega-city
- Global hub
- London
- Tokyo
- New York
- Areas where
cities have merged
- Leeds
- Few basic services
- Maybe a small shop
- No services, most numerous
- Criteria to distinguish rural and urban
- Number of
people/ population
threshold
- Employment structure
- Primary sector
- Agriculture
- Mining
- Secondary sector
- Manufacturing
- Factories
- Tertiary sector
- Services e.g. Nursing, hairdressers
- Quarternary sector
- High tech
- Research and development
- Laboratories
- Reflects on
the rurality/
urban level of
a settlement
- Population density
- High density = urban
- Low density = rural
- Extent of built up area
- Sphere of influence
- How far people will
travel to access the
services a settlement
has to offer
- Rural idyll
- How the rural area is perceived
- Quiet
- Green hills
- Birds singing
- Thatched cottages
- Old houses
- Tight-knit communities
- Very low levels of crime
- No cars
- Groups of people living in rural areas
- Elderly community/ retired
- A peaceful place to settle down
- Farmers + landowners
- Open spaces of land to grow
crops and livestock
- Commuters/ newcomers
- Escape to countryside
- Young families
- Safe place to bring up children
- Better quality of life
- Established residents
- Sense of community
- Second home owners
- Holiday experience
- Issues for local residents of rural settlements
- Second home owners disturbing peace - tourists
- Council housing development
- Anti-social development
- Council budget not
stretching for enough
e.g. not enough grit
- Isolation factors - services take a long time
- Closure of post offices
- Lack of public transport