Settlement Hierarchy & Function (p. 79 - 80)

• Humanities
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Where do we live?

Statement of Inquiry: Settlements develop and change due to a variety of processes and their sustainability allows them to function successfully, affecting the identity of that location.

Key Concept: Change

Related Concepts: Processes; Sustainability

Global Context: Identities and relationships 

Settlement Hierarchy

On the next slide fill in the Settement Hierarchy Pyramid with the correcnt types of settlements.

City

Small Town

Isolated Dwelling

Megacity

Hamlet

Large Town

Village

Settlement Hierarchy

On the next slides are some statements about the different settlements.

Do you agree with them?

True or False?

'Isolated dwellings are usually located in urban areas'

1. True
2. False

True or False?

'Hamlets do not usually have facilities like shops'

1. True
2. False

True or False?

'Villages are usually in rural area's but sometimes they can be on the edge of urban areas'.

1. True
2. False

True or False?

'Towns usually have a government building and emergency services'.

1. True
2. False

True or False?

'Cities do not usually have green spaces, such as parks, within them for recreation'.

1. True
2. False

True or False?

'Megacities are cities with more than 1 million inhabitants'.

1. True
2. False

Settlement Function

On the next slide fill in the wordcloud. 

You can fill in anything you think about with the key-word: 

Settlement function.

The definiton of this key word is: what the purpose of a settlement is. 

Settlement Function

Settlement Function

There a different settlement functions: the main activities of a settlement.

Some areas of activity: 

• Residential
• Commercial
• Industrial
• Cultural
• Political
• Transport
• Recreational

Industrial

Residential

Commercial

Transport

Cultural

Houses

Factories 

Shops

Roads

Museums