1. Settlement Patterns CHAPTER 4: SETTLEMENTS

2. Settlement Patterns  The arrangement of where people live on the earth or in a country, and the factors that influence this arrangement  Where people live  How they organize/arrange those spaces

4. Why is it important?  Understand how people in different parts of the world live  Learn how a settlement connects to its surrounding environment  Understand how people and goods move between places  Understand social problems about where people live and how they use land

5. Different Types of Settlements  Size  Shape  Appearance  Size: Population Density  Number of people that live in a certain area  Can be written as a ratio of # of people / km 2

6. Hamlet  A small group of houses Oberwil in Waldkirch, St. Gallen, Switzerland Cape Dorset aka Kinngait, on Dorset Island, near the southern tip of Baffin Island, Nunavut

7. Village  A small community  A few hundred people to a few thousand Bisley, Gloucestershire, England typical Canela village in Brazil

8. Town  A settlement bigger than a village but smaller than a city Çeşme, Turkey Orangeville, Ontario

9. City  A large and permanent settlement Sydney, Australia Brampton, Ontario

10. Metropolis  A city with over a million inhabitants Shanghai, China Population: 13,831,900 Mumbai, India Population: 13,830,884 Karachi, Pakistan population: 12,991,000

11. Shape & Appearance of Settlements  Population Distribution:  The patterns of where people live  3 types:  Linear : a small settlement built in a straight or wavy pattern  Low density  Found along roads, railways, rivers/lakes, and along long narrow valleys

12.  Scattered: (dispersed)  a rural settlement where houses are built away from each other  Eg. Farms  The houses may have a barn or other buildings attached, but they are far away from their neoghbours

13.  Clustered:  People live very close together  High density  Built around a core expanding outward and/or upward

14. Champlain, Quebec

15. Dharavi slums, Mumbai, India

16. Toronto, Ontario

17. Langland Bay - Wales

18. Mclear, Eastern Cape, Africa

19. Mngazana, Transkei, South Africa

20. Moore, Idaho

21. near Dalhousie, India

22. Rio De Jeneiro, Brazil

23. Sun Valley, Idaho

24. near Hung la, China

25. Changing Communities and Settlements  Communities are always changing  Leave a place for school, employment, etc.  Cities are growing, taking over farmland  New technologies, and trends