Settlement Patterns

1. What Shape are You in? Settlement Patterns

2. Habitations: a place where people live; arranged in different ways which form distinct settlement patterns on the Earth’s surface Economically diversified: refers to a settlement, usually larger like cities, that has a variety of economic activities Megalopolis: Key Vocabulary

3. The World’s Biggest Settlements • Cities are the largest • They spread out from a central historic core into open space and agricultural land • Growing quickly • Cities change the land and water ecosystems • Use a lot of resources and produce a lot of waste • Almost 50% of people in developing countries live in cities Key Ideas

4. Linear • Sometimes called strings • Consists of groups of houses or villages that form a long line • It can be straight (along roads/railways) or wavy (along rivers, lakes, or through valleys) Shapes of Settlement Patterns

5. Linear settlement pattern

6. Scattered • Sometimes called dispersed • Usually seen in agricultural regions, especially in North America • Each house sits alone with other outbuildings • Pieces of land are separate from the neighbours’ land Shapes of Settlement Patterns

7. Scattered settlement pattern

8. Clustered • Group of houses close together in tiny hamlets and villages, or a concentration of gas stations, motels and restaurants at a highway intersection Shapes of Settlement Patterns

9. Clustered settlement pattern

10. Early Settlement Patterns • Very important to understand how people are settled on the land today • Settlement patterns change over time What do you think will look different in 100 years? Change is Constant

11. Sketch Figure 3.6 in your notebook Add to Figure 3.6 by adding a new panel Draw what you think the Prairies will look like in 100 years in that panel Explain why you think it will look this way (in your notebook) Assignment

12. Colour your map to show where most people live in Canada What kind of settlement patterns do you see in Canada? Colour your map to show where most people in Egypt live What kind of settlement patterns do you see in Egypt? Maps of Canada and Egypt