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What are the criteria of classifying rural settlement of the world? -

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What are the criteria for classifying rural settlements of the world?

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Rural settlements may be classified on a number of criteria.
On the basis of setting the main types are:

  • Plain village
  • Plateau village
  • Coastal village
  • Forest village
  • Desert village

On the basis of function:

  • Farming village
  • Fisherman village
  • Lumberjack villages
  • Pastoral villages

On the basis of forms or shapes of the settlements. These may be a number of geometric forms and shapes such as:

  • Linear
  • Rectangular
  • Circular
  • Starlike
  • T and Y shaped village
  • Double village etc.
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