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    This document discusses types of human settlements. It defines a human settlement as an area inhabited by humans for living, ranging from small hamlets to large cities. Settlements are classified based on their population size and available services. Hamlets have fewer than 100 people while villages have 100-1,000 people and limited services. Towns have 1,000-20,000 people and some additional services. Cities have over 100,000 people and abundant services. Larger settlements include metropolitan areas, conurbations, and megalopolises consisting of multiple connected cities with populations of millions.

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    This document discusses types of human settlements. It defines a human settlement as an area inhabited by humans for living, ranging from small hamlets to large cities. Settlements are classified based on their population size and available services. Hamlets have fewer than 100 people while villages have 100-1,000 people and limited services. Towns have 1,000-20,000 people and some additional services. Cities have over 100,000 people and abundant services. Larger settlements include metropolitan areas, conurbations, and megalopolises consisting of multiple connected cities with populations of millions.

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    This document discusses types of human settlements. It defines a human settlement as an area inhabited by humans for living, ranging from small hamlets to large cities. Settlements are classified based on their population size and available services. Hamlets have fewer than 100 people while villages have 100-1,000 people and limited services. Towns have 1,000-20,000 people and some additional services. Cities have over 100,000 people and abundant services. Larger settlements include metropolitan areas, conurbations, and megalopolises consisting of multiple connected cities with populations of millions.

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    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

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