Geography settlement

Settlement

Urban

Rural

Nucleated settlement shape

Linear settlement shape

Dispersed settlement shape

Where settlements were first built

Functions of an urban settlement

Settlement hierarchy

High vs low order settlements

Sphere of influence

High order vs low order services

Burgess model

Hoyt model

Urbanisation

Problems and solutions for them for increasing population size in cities

Sardinia case study

Threshold population

Atlanta case study

Lima case study