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Question
What are the criteria for classifying rural settlements of the world?
Answer in Brief
Solution
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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