Grade 11 Classification of Settlements and Settlement Patterns cloned 7/5/2020
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Work through slides 26-28 in the Rural Settlement PowerPoint and answer the following questions.
Match the following settlement type with a description of it's function.
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Industrial town | arrow_right_alt | Nodal point |
Junction town | arrow_right_alt | Provides goods and services |
Dormitory town | arrow_right_alt | Transport routes meet |
Gap town | arrow_right_alt | Residential. Few work oppurtunities |
Central Place town | arrow_right_alt | Goods are manufactured or processed |
Match the following settlement type with the town.
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Administrative town | arrow_right_alt | Plettenberg Bay |
Recreation town | arrow_right_alt | Sasolberg |
Central Place town | arrow_right_alt | Witbank |
Educational town | arrow_right_alt | Nelspruit |
Mining town | arrow_right_alt | De Aar |
Dormitory town | arrow_right_alt | Worcester |
Junction town | arrow_right_alt | Zion City |
Religious town | arrow_right_alt | Khayelitsha |
Gateway town | arrow_right_alt | Bloemfontein |
Industrial town | arrow_right_alt | Stellenbosch |
1) Farmstead - single farm with various outbuildings. Commercial farmers in SA.
2) Rural Hamlet - loose grouping of a few farmsteads. e.g. Klapmuts near Paarl.
3) Village - denser grouping of farmsteads. Essential functions only. e.g. Xhosa villages.
4) Town - A densely populated urban area. Number of functions increases . e.g. Wellington.
5) City - Wide range of functions including headquarters of a region's administration. e.g. Port Elizabeth.
6) Metropolis - A main city surrounded by dependent towns. e.g. Cape Town with Durbanville, Kuils River, Fish Hoek and Simonstown.
7) Conurbation - A large city surrounded by a number of dependent cities and towns that form a continuous urban area. e.g. Johannesburg surrounded by Nigel, Springs, Brakpan, Benoni, Boksburg, Alberton,
Kempton Park, Germiston, Krugersdorp and Randfontein.
8) Megalopolis – A number of large cities are “joined together” (no rural areas separate the cities) e.g. Boston to Washington in the USA.
Identify the following Settlement type based on the video.
Provide a description of the settlement type and a South African example.
Identify the following Settlement type based on the video.
Provide a description of the settlement type and a South African example.
Identify the following Settlement type based on the video.
Provide a description of the settlement type and a South African example.
Identify the following Settlement type based on the video.
Provide a description of the settlement type and a South African example.
Identify the following Settlement type based on the video.
Provide a description of the settlement type and a South African example.
Identify the following Settlement type based on the video.
Provide a description of the settlement type and a South African example.
Identify the following Settlement type based on the video.
Provide a description of the settlement type and a South African example.
Identify the following Settlement type based on the Video.
Provide a description of the settlement type and a South African example.
Identify the following Settlement type based on the video
Provide a description of the settlement type and a South African example.
Work through slides 17-18 in the Rural Settlement PowerPoint and then watch the video below and answer the following questions:
a) What are the advantages associated with dispersed settlement types? (4)
b) What are the advantages associated with nucleated settlement types? (4)
Identify the following settlement type (nucleated or dispersed) and provide a description of this settlement type and give an example.
Identify the following settlement type (nucleated or dispersed) and provide a description of this settlement type and give an example.
Nucleated Rural Settlement Types
Regular - settlements are equidistant. E.g. Vaalharts settlement. Equal distribution of resources.
Random - settlements are arbitrarily distributed over the landscape. Unequal distribution of resources.
Clustered - settlements grouped around a resource. E.g. water in an oasis.
Linear - settlements are situated in a line along a river or road or in a constricted valley.
Work through slides 20 in the Rural Settlement PowerPoint and answer the following questions.
Identify the following nucleated rural settlement type and provide a description of this settlement type and give an example.
Identify the following nucleated urban settlement type and provide a description of this settlement type and give an example.
Identify the following nucleated urban settlement type and provide a description of this settlement type and give an example.