HUMAN SETTLEMENT &

PLANNING
BY AR. S.DIVYA
 Unit I

HUMAN SETTLEMENT
COMPONENTS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT
ELEMENTS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT
FOUR BASIC PART OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY
HUMAN SETTLEMENT?
A settlement is a place where people live.
What is human settlement?
Area inhabited by
human beings for
living

Places where people

live and carry out their
everyday activity in
the form of hamlet,
village, town , city,
metropolis etc.
 Human settlement
Human settlement is a community in
which people live.
A settlement can range in size from a
small number of dwellings grouped
together to the largest of cities with
surrounding urbanized areas.
 COMPONENTS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

CONTENT CONTAINER
Physical Settlement (Nature and Shell)
Man, Society and Networks Natural Elements
Man-made (artificial) Elements
 Elements of Human Settlement

NATURE
SHELL

+
= Human
MAN + Settlement

+
NETWORK

SOCIETY
NATURE
Geographical resources , topographical
resources, water resources. Plant life, animal
life and climate

Biological needs such as space, air ,

temperature.
MAN
Emotional needs such as human relations,
beauty, security, moral values.

Population composition, social stratification,

Cultural patterns, economical development,
education, health and welfare law and
administration.

SOCIETY
 SHELL

Housing
Community services : Schools , hospitals
Recreational facilities : theatres , museum
Civic and business centres
Industry and transportation centre

NETWORK

Water supply system , power supply ,

transportation and communication system,
sewerages and drainage.
FOUR BASIC PARTS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT

Every basic settlement consist of 5 elements which exist in every

part of it and every part are expressed as four basic areas .
FOUR BASIC PARTS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT

HOMOGENEOUS

CENTRAL

CIRCULATORY

SPECIAL
HOMOGENEOUS

Settlement showing a
basic purpose,
appear as main part

Village : field
City : Residences
CENTRAL

Serves other large are and them

with special function such as
market , social and other
entertainment centres

CIRCULATORY

Keeps the settlement going by

providing movement of people ,
goods and information between the
settlements
 Factories

SPECIAL

Army camp settlement

What are various classification
of Human Settlement?
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

Isolated dwelling
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
Dispersed Settlements
A dispersed settlement is an
area in which people settle but
there homes are far away from
each other it is now said to be a
scattered area.

Hamlet
A hamlet has a tiny
population (<100) and very
few (if any) services, and
few buildings

Human settlements may

consist of only a few
dwelling units (hamlets),
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

Hamlet
A hamlet is (usuallysee below) a rural
community a small settlement which is too
small to be considered a village.
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

Village

A clustered human settlement or community, larger

than a hamlet, but smaller than a town or city.
Though generally located in rural areas.

A village generally does not have many services,

possibly only a small corner shop or post office. A
village has a population of 100 to 1,000.
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

VILLAGE

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than

a hamlet, but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located
in rural areas.

A village generally does not have many services, possibly only a

small corner shop or post office. A village has a population of 100 to
1,000.
VILLAGE
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

TOWN
A town has a population of 1,000 to 20,000.
A town is a type of settlement ranging from a
few to several thousand (occasionally
hundreds of thousands) inhabitants. Usually,
a "town" is thought of as larger than a village
but smaller than a "city.
TOWN
 CITY
A city would have abundant services, but not
as many as a large city. The population of a
city is over 1,00,000 people.
A city is an urban area with a large
population and a particular administrative,
legal, or historical status.
 Metropolitan area
A region consisting of a densely populated urban core and
its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry,
infrastructure, and housing
population is usually 1 to 3 million
 Conurbation
A conurbation is an urban area or
agglomeration comprising a number of cities,
large towns and larger urban areas that, through
population growth and physical expansion, have
merged to form one continuous urban and
industrially developed area.
A conurbation can be confused with a
metropolitan area. As the term is used in North
America, a metropolitan area consists of many
neighborhoods, while a conurbation consists of
many different metropolitan areas that are
connected with one another and are usually
interdependent economically and socially.
MUMBAI & DELHI
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
MEGALOPOLIS
a clustered network of cities
Population : 10 to 25 million
Cities are connected by continuous built-up development
SETTLEMENTS TYPES