Question

How are rural settlements different from urban settlements?

Answer 1

Instructions:

• Explain the characteristic feature of rural and urban settlement

Solution:

• Rural settlements:
  • All the professions that are practiced are agricultural in nature.
  • In rural areas due to the lack of amenities people living here have a low standard of living, lack of quality education, health care facilities and technologies.
  • But the population of rural areas is less compared to urban settlements.
  • And are less polluted compared to the later.
• Urban settlements:
  • The occupations that are practiced here are not directly related to agriculture or farming and are non-agricultural in nature.
  • People here enjoy a high standard of living and have advanced civic amenities.
  • Urban areas are overcrowded as people migrate to cities in search of jobs and education causing lack of space and due to which it has high pollution rates.