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Water supply, fertile lands, relief features, • Linear settlements: Linear settlements
building materials, scattered populations are are constructed along a road, railway line,
some characteristics of rural settlements. river, canal, edge of a valley, or along a
On the basis of forms or patterns of levee.
settlements, rural settlements are classifi ed as
described here.
• Dispersed settlements: In dispersed
settlements, houses are spaced far apart
and are oft en interspersed with fields.
However, places like the market, where
the public participates almost daily, are
centralised.

Linear settlements

• Radial settlements: In radial settlements,
houses are constructed along the streets
which spread out from a central point in
all directions.

Dispersed settlements

• Compact or nucleated settlements:
Under compact settlements, houses are
built very close to each other. Normally,
plain fertile land regions have compact or
nucleated settlements.

Radial settlements
Urban Settlements

Urban settlements are bigger than rural
settlements, and people are engaged in
secondary or tertiary activities such as
manufacturing, trading and service sectors.

Th e infrastructure includes concrete
buildings, bridges, roads and a well-developed
Compact or nucleated settlements transport system.

levee: an embankment built to prevent the overfl ow of a river

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