St. Peter’s High School
Geography Department

Mr A Barnard |  Mrs A Dadge  |  Mr J Mitchell  |  Mrs S Miklausic  |  Mrs G Stott | Mr A Williams

QUICK REVISION GUIDE ON SETTLEMENT - what do you need to know?

Key questions/ terms

Settlement growth was originally due to:

• Dry and wet point
• Aspect
• Shelter
• Defence
• Resources
• Communications

All these are reasons why settlements have grown in the first place.

For each, why were they important and are they still now?

What factors affect the growth of sites now? Are they the same as before?

Settlement hierarchy and function .

1. What does settlement hierarchy mean?
2. Why do places move up the hierarchy? (trade etc)
3. What does function mean? Think of a case study town or city. What is its function?

Urban morphology

1. How can we describe land use in a city?
2. What does it look like?
3. What models can we use?
4. Zones in a city. You will need to describe and explain the terms:

• CBD
• Inner city
• Suburbs
• Rural urban fringe

What is the difference between an LEDC CBD and an MEDC CBD (case study)?
Geography Revision Notes- Topic