Settlements
- Created by: James Robinson
- Created on: 25-04-13 12:08
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- Settlement
- Site
- Actual land a settlement is built on
- Situation
- Position compared to whats around it
- Function
- What a settlement does
- I.E Guildford does consumer trade and finance
- What a settlement does
- UK
- Loads of rural settlements
- With a pub and a shop- Headley
- Quite a few small towns- Haslemere
- Less Large Towns
- eg Chichester
- Even fewer cities
- eg Portsmouth
- Very few big cities- Manchester
- London- League of it's own
- Loads of rural settlements
- Urbanisation
- Puch factor
- All due to money and jobs
- Can lead to slums
- Fewer and fewer jobs
- More pressure on council
- Have to deal with unemployment
- Counter urbanisation
- People move to rural towns for lifestyle
- Healthier
- Quieter
- Less stress
- Better to bring up children
- Advantages
- More people= more services
- Old buildings renovated
- Demand for local businesses
- Younger people in villages
- Problems
- House prices go up
- Urban sprawl
- Bad for environment
- Youngsters can't afford to live there
- People move to rural towns for lifestyle
- Site
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