Question

What are rural settlements? Describe the pattern of rural settlements.

Answer 1

Instructions:

• Explain rural settlement.
• Describe patterns of rural settlements.

Solution:

• Places with a comparatively low population where the people largely depend on agriculture for their livelihood are called rural settlements.
• Based on factors like accessibility and availability of water rural settlements can take different shapes. Such shapes can be classified under:
  • Linear pattern settlement- Settlement pattern that develops parallel to features such as roads, rivers, coastlines, etc.
  • Circular patterned settlement- Settlement pattern that develops around features such as water bodies, pastures, places of worship, etc.
  • Star-shaped pattern settlement- Settlement pattern that develops at places where different roads converge.