This document summarizes the key concepts and topics that a student has learned in their Settlement unit. It includes explanations of settlement location advantages, spheres of influence, land use models, patterns of land use in cities, settlement hierarchies, housing redevelopment impacts, sustainable settlements, changing land use, urbanization push and pull factors and impacts, shanty towns, transport issues, counter-urbanization, goods and services in urban and rural areas, town centre decline, and definitions of related terms. The student indicates they may need to revisit some parts of the topic.

1. Settlement<br />Student’s nameClassDate<br />Now I’ve reached the end of the Settlement unit:<br />YesThink soNoI can explain the reasons for settlements locating in particular sitesI can name a local settlement and give reasons what location advantages it has -PortsmouthI can explain the spheres of influence  I can describe and explain the land use models for MEDC’s cities of Hoyt and Burgess I can give reasons for the patterns of land use in citiesI can describe and draw a diagram to show the settlement hierarchy for my local area (Hamlet, village, town, city)I can describe the housing in Gunwharf and the positive and negative impacts of the redevelopment. I can name a sustainable settlement, identify its sustainable features and explain how it is sustainable. Greenwich Millennium VillageI can explain how land use is changing within cities using the example of Portsmouth - Gunwharf.I can explain why urbanization is happening in LEDC’s. I can give push and pull factors.I can explain the impacts of urbanization in LEDC citiesI can explain the features of shanty towns and the advantages and disadvantages I can identify different methods to tackle transport issues in cities.I can explain what counter-urbanisation is, its causes and effects. I can identify and give reasons for the types of goods and retail services found in urban and rural settlementsI can explain the reasons for town centre declineI can show how retail provision changes over time through my case study on Portsmouth. <br />I can explain what these terms mean:<br />Clone town  Urbanization  Counter- Urbanization  shanty town  push/ pull factor suburb <br /> <br />Urban Sprawl Settlement  Rural  CBD Infrastructure convenience goods <br />The parts of this topic that I need to revisit are:<br />