Settlement Function & Patterns (p. 80)

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• Leerjaar 1

Where do we live?

Statement of Inquiry: Settlements develop and change due to a variety of processes and their sustainability allows them to function successfully, affecting the identity of that location.

Key Concept: Change

Related Concepts: Processes; Sustainability

Global Context: Identities and relationships 

Where do we live?

On the next slide fill in the wordcloud. 

You can fill in anything you think about with the key-word: 

Settlement function.

The definiton of this key word is: what the purpose of a settlement is. 

Settlement Function

What are different types of settlement?

On the next slide, there is some information about settlement function. 

Copy these notes to your notebook.

After that, do the activity.

Settlement Function

There a different settlement functions: the main activities of a settlement.

Some areas of activity: 

• Residential
• Commercial
• Industrial
• Cultural
• Political
• Transport
• Recreational

Settlement functions

Industrial

Residential

Commercial

Transport

Cultural

Settlement Patterns

 On the next slide, there is some information about settlement patterns. Copy these notes to your notebook.

After that, copy the image of the three different types of settlement patterns to your notebook. 

Just make three simple drawings.

Settlement Patterns

There are three types of settlement patterns:

1. Dispersed (verspreid)
2. Linear (in een lijn)
3. Nuclear (geconcentreerd)

Click the hotsport for more information

Bonus pattern: Planned (gepland)

Settlement Patterns

There are three types of settlement patterns:

• Dispersed 
• Linear 
• Nuclear 

Settlement Patterns

ACTIVITY: Locating different types of settlement

On the next slide, you use Google Maps to navigate the local area of 't Gooi'. You can switch between 'map' and 'satelite view'.  In Google Maps, try to find the following examples in your local area: 

- isolated dwelling 

- dispersed settlement 

- linear settlement 

- nucleated settlement 

- village 

- town 

- city 

Upload 5 screenshots of your first Google Maps settlement research.

ACTIVITY: Locating different types of settlement

On the next slide, use Google Maps to navigate. Find a satelite image of a settlement of your choice; this could be in a different county. 

In the satelite image, try to locate the following functions of your settlement:

- residential area/suburbs

- commerical area/city centre/shops

- industrial area/factories

- cultural area/ tourism

- transportation (port/roads/train/bus station)

- parks/sport fields

Upload 5 screenshots of your second Google Maps settlement research.

ACTIVITY: Draw your own city

Draw a small scale map of a city from your imagination. Use everything you have learned so far about the types of settlements and what functions and patterns they have. In your map you have at least the following:

- A name for your city

- Different city districts (commercial, residential etc.)

- Different cultual landmarks (churches, museums etc.)

- Different green areas (parks, sport stadium etc.)

- Transport systems (roads, trainstation etc.)

- A legend with symbols/colours

Draw a small scale map of a city from your imagination. Upload a picture of your city map.