1. Settlements
In this chapter you will learn:
 The physical, social and other factors that affect settlement patterns.
 The functions of cities.
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Unit 1.1
Understanding people and
places: Identify and compare different
settlement patterns
22°57′6″S 43°12′39″W
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
People's work in the above mentioned country:
 Jobs in hotels, shops, banks, hospitals, schools,
hairdressers, dry cleaners, theatres, museums
and art galleries.
 Some people polish shoes.
 Look after cars for money.
 Selling food at sidewalk.
Activities:
(services
towards people)
Tertiary economic
activities
Manufacturing - where raw materials are processed to become finished products
= secondary economic activity.
Statue: Christ The Redeemer
Constructed in: 1922 - 1931
Height: 39.6 m
Width: 30 m
Base: 9.5m
* Named one of the 7
new wonders of the world
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Different types of settlements:
Rural
settlements
Primary econo
mic activities
Example
Type
of settlement:
Nucleated Settlement
Urban settle
ments
economic
Makes a
activity:
living out of:
Secondary eco
nomic
activities
Manufacture
(factory)
or sale
or
of goods and
Tertiary
services
economic
to people.
activities
(services)
Jobs in hotels, sh
ops, banks,
hospitals, schools,
hairdressers, dry
cleaners, theaters
, museums
and art
galleries, etc.
Nucleated
& scattered
settlement
Settlement:
Fishing, Farming,
Forestry / Mining
Nucleated settlements
Scattered settlements
Settlements that are very clustered.
Settlements that are far away from
the other/next neatest one.
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