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What are the characteristics of settlements? Settlements come in all different shapes, sizes and locations. The function of a settlement can be identified by looking at its shape, size, site and situation.
Find out more about this topic below: What is a settlement? What do we mean by site and situation of a settlement? What are the functions of a settlement? What is a settlement hierarchy?
What is a settlement?
A settlement is a place where people live. A settlement could be anything from an isolated farmhouse to a mega city (settlement with over 10 million people).
Settlements can either be temporary or permanent. Temporary settlements include things such as refugee camps.
Recreational - fun, non-essentials like parks.Transport - roads, railways, and airports.Agricultural - farmland.Residential - housing.Commercial - businesses and factories.
This is correct. Even the basic scientific theories get tested and checked time after time after time. The most basic example would be that people once thought the Earth was flat and now it changed and they believe it is round.
D: Under the control of another country but makes all of its own decisions.
Explanation:
Autonomy is the state of being geographically controlled by a country, but having control of decisions within it's provincial/state border, a common example of this are the US states.
