Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
Lecture 2
1
2/2/2012
2
2/2/2012
3
2/2/2012
4
2/2/2012
5
2/2/2012
` 4) Dispersed settlement: -
` a. When a settlement has a few isolated huts it is called
dispersed settlement.
` b. These types of settlements are found in remote jungles,
small hills with a few farms and pastures on the slope.
` c. It results from extremely fragmented and small
resource support.
` d. They are found in Meghalaya, Uttaranchal, Himachal
Pradesh and Kerala.
6
2/2/2012
Medieval towns: -
` a. Towns which emerged during medieval period as
headquarters of kingdoms are termed as medieval towns.
` b. Important towns are – Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur
Lucknow, Agra, etc.
Modern towns: -
` a. Pre-independence towns: these towns were
developed by the British and other Europeans rulers. They
were port towns such as Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Surat,
Goa, and Pondicherry. Later some hill stations and
summer resorts were developed by them such as Shimla,
etc.
Thank You