RURAL AND URBAN SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT PATTERN Settlement Formed

RURAL AND URBAN SETTLEMENTS & SETTLEMENT PATTERN Settlement = Formed when people live together

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1. Dominant functions = Main purpose (eg industries) 2. Amenities = facilities/services 3. Way of life = living standards Qn: What types of settlement are there?

Text book activity 2 page 36 – try to fill in your worksheet Rural Settlement Population density Types of transport Entertainment Examples of jobs Quality of amenities Types of services Urban Settlement

1 P 2 P Rural Settlement Urban Settlement Round 1 Fight! VS Dominant functions

Rural Settlement Dominant 1. Functions 2. = Main purpose (primary activities/ industries to sustain livelihood) 3. 4. Fishing Lumbering Farming Mining VS Urban Settlement 3. Commercial Residential Port/trade 4. Manufacturing 1. 2. Question Who do you think is the winner in terms of economic prosperity?

1 P 2 P Rural Settlement Urban Settlement Round 2 Fight! VS AMENITIES

VS Rural Settlement Urban Settlement Amenities 1. No safe = water 2. Facilities/ services 3. provided 4. Transport on foot Grow their own food Poor public services/ facilities 1. 2. 3. 4. Safe tap water Good transport network Import food Available services eg schools, hospitals, shopping malls Question Which settlement has better amenities?

1 P 2 P Rural Settlement Urban Settlement Round 3 Fight! VS WAY OF LIFE

Rural Settlement Way 1. of life 2. Low standard of living Simple way of life Question : Which VS Urban Settlement 1. High standard of living 2. Stressful life way of life do YOU prefer?

Definition Arrangement Size Location Area Dispersed Linear Scatter/ spread out Along a line Isolated or cluster of houses Important Nucleated The control center Houses close together Over a large area Hilly areas, extensive flatlands/ plains Many houses around a centre -compact Over a large Considerable area size Along roads, Road railway tracks, intersections, coasts, river confluences of banks river Rural/Urban Rural to Urban

Settlement Patterns Definition Important Nucleated Dispersed Linear Scatter/ spread out Along a line The control center X X X X XXXXXX X

Settlement Patterns Dispersed Arrangement Linear Important Nucleated Isolated Houses Many houses close houses together around a centre -compact

Settlement Patterns Dispersed Size pg 38 Over a large area X X X Linear pg 39 Over a large area X X X X Important Nucleated pg 39 Considerable size X X XX XX X

Location Area Dispersed Linear Nucleated Hilly areas, extensive flatlands/ plains Along roads, railway tracks, coasts, river banks Road intersections, confluences of river Rural/Urban Rural to Urban

Remember the question raised last lesson: What is Singapore’s settlement pattern?