UNIT 4: SETTLEMENT (THIRD YEAR GEOGRAPHY)

1) SETTLEMENT:
The Settlement is divided into two types: Urban and rural. In the book you have a chart about the main aspect concerning both settlements and the criteria followed to differentiate towns/villages form cities.

2) RURAL SETTLEMENT:
There are three types of rural settlement: Dispersed or scattered (hamlets f.i.), Nucleated and Interspersed. The settlements could also be classified into several types depending their shape (radial, lineal or nucleated) or its function.

3) URBAN SETTLEMENT
 The most important in this section is to define a city in its complexity. First the functions of a city are explained in a chart you have to remember, in a second place you have the hierarchy of the cities, and finally it is explained how to  make an analysis to a city following the criteria below:
-Site and situation
-Urban plan: Orthogonal, radiocentric, irregular
-Urban construction: old buildings, blocks, single family homes, shacks or shanties

In fourth place you have the structure of the cities divided into city center, CBD, historic centers, residential areas, industrial areas, green zones,  and suburban areas.

4) URBAN PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
In this part there are defined the major problems occurred to a city: The pollution and other problems agains t the environment, the infrastructures and the transport.

5) SETTLEMENT IN SPAIN
The section 5 is a review of the contents above focused in the specific case of Spain.


key words:
nucleus, hamlet, scattered, linear village, nucleated village, radial village, agrotown, metropolitan area, conurbation, megalopolis, checkerboard, detached houses, semi-detached houses, terraced houses, outskirts, suburban, centre/center, historic center, neighborhood, block of flats, pollution, industrial park, public park, dormitory town, waste, rush hour, rural exodus, rural tourism, urban development plan, ensanche, restore, underground, transport interchange, hypermarket and services.