Rural settlements have low populations and densities and rely on primary activities like farming, fishing, and mining for livelihood. They have limited public facilities, use narrow footpaths and roads, and may lack clean drinking water or amenities. Residents live a simple lifestyle, help one another, and seldom travel outside the area.

1. Rural
Settlement

2. Introduction
• A remote and a sparsely populated
place
• People support their livelihood from
primary economic activities
• Facilities that provide goods and
service for people are amenities

3. Characteristic of rural
settlements
• Population size and density is low
• Depend on primary economic activities such as
fishing, farming and mining
• Limited amount of public facilities
• Used footpath, unpaved and narrow road to transport
• Drinking water may not be clean as it is taken from rivers
• The nearest amenities is usually far away
• They grow and eat their own food
• They have a low standard of life.
• They help with each other
• They don’t usually leave the area to travel to other place
• They have simple way of life
• Less air pollution as there is no technology that pollute the
environment

4. Summary
A rural settlement is a sparsely
populated place. Primary economic
activity support people’s livelihood .
Population size and density is low..
They have low amenities. They have
simple lifestyle and seldom leave the
area. They don’t pollute the
environment