Flashcard: Understanding Settlement Patterns and Urban Land Use — 24 carte

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Settlement Types — main difference?

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Rural are low density; urban are densely populated.

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Dispersed Settlement — pattern?

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Buildings spread out over large areas.

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Nucleated Settlement — pattern?

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Buildings clustered together, forming villages or towns.

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Linear Settlement — location?

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Along roads, rivers, or canals.

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Settlement Hierarchy — basis?

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Size, services, influence.

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Urban Land Use Models — purpose?

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Explain city spatial organization.

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Land Values — highest where?

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In city centers, due to accessibility.

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Accessibility — effect on land?

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Higher accessibility increases land value.

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City Development — pattern?

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Expansion from core to outskirts.

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Inner City Land Use — common?

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High-density housing, commercial zones.

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Suburban Area — characteristic?

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Residential, on city outskirts.

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Rural-Urban Fringe — features?

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Mixed land use, ongoing development.

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Dispersed settlements — common regions?

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Mountains, marshlands, difficult terrain.

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Nucleated settlements — common regions?

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Fertile farmland, water sources.

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Linear settlements — development?

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Along transport routes.

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Settlement functions — influence?

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Shape land use and growth.

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Hierarchy of settlements — includes?

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Hamlet, village, town, city.

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Urban land use models — examples?

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Burgess's concentric, Hoyt's sector.

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Land value — influenced by?

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Location and accessibility.

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City expansion — causes?

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Population growth, transport, economy.

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Inner city issues?

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Decay, congestion, regeneration.

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Suburban growth — driven by?

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Housing demand, commuting.

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Rural-urban fringe — development?

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Residential, commercial, green spaces.

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Settlement pattern — shaped by?

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Physical geography, history, economy.

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