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Give geographical reasons:
Human settlement increases due to increase in transportation facilities.
Give geographical reasons:
Human settlements increase due to transportation facilities.
Solution
- Transportation is a tertiary activity through which passengers, freight and industrial products are carried from one place to another.
- Transportation facilities contribute to development of various economic activities. It also has an impact on human settlements.
- People use a territory to build houses and earn livelihood. The availability of transportation facilities enables them to commute and makes their lives easy.
- Due to transportation facilities, many human settlements like towns and cities have developed in the world.
- Particular pattern of human settlements is also found due to transport system. For example: Linear pattern settlements occur along a road, railway, canal or river while triangular pattern settlements are found at the confluence of roads.
- Hence, we can say that human settlements increase due to transportation facilities.
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Settlements vary in size and type. They range from a hamlet to metropolitan cities. With size, the economic character and social structure of settlements changes and so do its ecology and technology. Settlements could be small and sparsely spaced; they may also be large and closely spaced. The sparsely located small settlements are called villages, specializing in agriculture or other primary activities. On the other hand, there are fewer but larger settlements which are termed as urban settlements specializing in secondary and tertiary activities. The basic differences between rural and urban settlements are as follows:
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