TYPES OF URBAN SETTLEMENTS
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Types of Settlements according to function

Industrial Towns
  • has railways and canals for transports
  • has housing and industry mixed together
  • Newer industrial town planning ensures the housing and industry are apart.


Market Towns
  • Found in fertile farming sites
  • Many services e.g. shops and offices
  • Good transport links – often they are route center

Ports
  • Found where there are sheltered harbours
  • Flat land for building on nearby
  • Modern ports need deeper water for today’s larger ships
  • Many ports has gone through a lot of redevelopment

Seaside Resorts
  • Close to industrial areas with large populations, with good rail and roads
  • On the sea−front are hotels and entertainments such as pubs and bingo
  • Guest houses are found inland where the land is cheaper to buy
  • Housing found further inland, with industry on the outskirts
  • Promenades pedestrian roads along the front of the resort

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TYPES OF URBAN SETTLEMENTS - by satish lohar - 11-21-2014, 08:18 AM
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