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Human Settlements
What are the two types of human settlements? Write any two features of each.
The two types of human settlements are:
Clustered Settlements –
(i) The clustered rural settlement is a compact or closely built up area of houses.
(ii) In this type of village the general living area is distinct and separated from the surrounding farms, barns and pastures.
Hamleted Settlements-
(i) Sometimes settlement is fragmented into several units physically separated from each other bearing a common name. These units are locally called panna, para, palli, nagla, dhani, etc. in various parts of the country.
(ii) This segmentation of a large village is often motivated by social and ethnic factors. Such villages are more frequently found in the middle and lower Ganga plain, Chhattisgarh and lower valleys of the Himalayas.
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Which one of the following towns is not located on a river bank?
Which one of the following is not the part of the definition of a town as per the census of India?
In which one of the following environments does one expect the presence of dispersed rural settlements?
Which one of the following group of cities have been arranged in the sequence of their ranks i.e., 1, 2, 3, and 4 in size?
What are garrisson towns? What are their functions?
How can one identify an urban agglomeration?
What are the main factors for the location of villages in desert regions?
What are metropolitan cities? How are they different from urban agglomerations?
Discuss the features of different types of rural settlements. What are the factors responsible for the settlement patterns in different physical environments?
Can one imagine the presence of only one-function town? Why do the cities become multi-functional?
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