‘‘There is no consensus on what exactly defines a village or a town.’’ Analyse the statement by using different criteria.

Solution

Settlement is classified into urban and rural, but there is no consensus:

i. Population size is small in rural settlement than urban settlements but it is not a universally applied because many villages of India and China have population exceeding that of some towns of Western Europe and United States.

ii. People living in villages pursued agriculture or other primary activities, but presently in developed countries, large sections of urban populations prefer to live in villages even though they work in the city.

iii. Petrol pumps are considered as a rural function in the United States while it is an urban function in India.

iv. Facilities available in the villages of developed countries may be considered rare in villages of developing and less developed countries.

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Human Settlements

‘‘There is no consensus on what exactly defines a village or a town.’’ Analyse the statement by using different criteria.

Some More Questions From Human Settlements Chapter

What are the bases of classifying settlements?

How would you justify the study of human settlements in human geography?

What are rural and urban settlements? Mention their characteristics.

Discuss the problems associated with urban settlements in developing countries.

Identify the types of settlement shown in the photograph and describe the characteristics it.

Describe rural settlements.

What is urbanisation?

What was the number of million-plus cities in the world today in 2005?

What is the number of mega cities in the world today?

Which is the Asia’s largest slum? Where its located?

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