UNIT 4: SETTLEMENT

1.- SETTLEMENT
2.- RURAL SETTLEMENT
- Dispersed settlement
- Nucleated settlement
- Interspersed settlement
3.- URBAN SETTLEMENT
3.1.- Functions of cities
3.2.- Urban hierarchy
3.3.- Analysis of cities
-Site and situation
- Urban plan: orthogonal, radiocentric plan or irregular plan.
- Urban construction: Old buildings, buildings in the form of blocks,
single-family homes, shacks or shanties.
3.4.- Structure of cities: centre, residential areas, industrial areas, green
zones, suburban areas
4.- URBAN PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
- Environment
-Infrastructure
-Transport
5.- SETTLEMENT IN SPAIN
5.1.- Rural settlement
5.2.- Urban settlement
VOCABULARY: Settlement, site, hamlet, interspersed, scattered, detached
house, outskirts, plan, hierarchy, network, shacks, shanties, neighbourhood,
waste, isolated, underground (subway), skyscrapers,

CONCEPTS: megalopolis, conurbation, metropolitan area, agrotown, outskirts,

historic centre (old town), neighbourhood, dormitory town, rush hour, rural
exodus, casero, ensanche, restore