Urban Settlements

A very large settlement comprising of many buildings, services and activities.

• Rural area
• Squatter camp
• Urban area
• Recreational area

The area served by the settlement is known as its

• Range
• Sphere of Influence
• Service
• Hierarchy

When settlements are placed into an order, by size of area, population or number of services, this is termed

• a settlement hierarchy

• a sphere of influence

• a settlement pyramid

• pyramid scheme

What is the shape of this settlement?

• Linear

• Nucleated

• Dispersed

• Isolated

A car can be classified as

• A low order good
• A convenience good
• A high order good
• A high order service

The spreading of urban developments on undeveloped land near a city

• connectivity

• Urban Sprawl

• metropolitan area

• world cities

Which are NOT typically features of CBD

• High density of pedestrians

• concentration of banks and businesses

• low-income residential areas, areas of high shopping quality

• low rents, poor transport links

The increasing proportion or percentage of a country's total population that lives in urban areas is known as....

• urban blight

• urban to rural migration

• urban sprawl

• urbanisation

The term threshold population refers to ...

• the area from which a business draws its customers.

• the minimum number of people required to support a business.

• the maximum number of people required to support a business.

• the distance customers are prepared to travel to buy a product

Land values generally ....

• Increase as one moves away from the CBD

• decreases as one moves away the CBD

• remain constant across most urban areas

• no answers are correct