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Human Settlements

Lect 8
Definition

A place or area with


clustered or scattered
buildings and a
permanent human
population (city, settlement,
town, village). A populated
place is usually not
incorporated and by
definition has no legal
boundaries.
Human Settlements
Villages
Different Terms
Settlements Pattern
Dispersed Settlements
Linear Settlements
Nucleated Settlements
Planned Settlements
Irregular Layout of a city

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