The document discusses different types of rural and urban settlements and their characteristics. It defines settlements as places where people live together and examines their dominant functions, amenities, and ways of life. Rural settlements typically have activities like farming and fishing as their main purposes, poorer amenities and services, and a simpler lifestyle. Urban settlements usually have functions like manufacturing and trade, better infrastructure and facilities, and a higher standard of living, but a more stressful environment. Settlement patterns can be nucleated around a central location, linear along transport routes, or dispersed across a wide area.

1. UNIT 4 & 5 – RURAL AND URBAN SETTLEMENTS & SETTLEMENT PATTERN Settlement = Formed when people live together

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmN_gB22gK0 Video on a rural village in Ethiopia

3. Dominant functions = Main purpose (eg industries) Amenities = facilities/services Way of life = living standards Qn: What types of settlement are there? Text pg 30

4. Text book activity 2 page 36 – try to fill in your worksheet Quality of amenities Population density Types of transport Entertain-ment Types of services Examples of jobs Urban Settlement Rural Settlement

5. Round 1 Fight! Rural Settlement Urban Settlement 1P 2P Dominant functions VS K.O Pg 31 Pg 33

6. K.O. Question Who do you think is the winner in terms of economic prosperity? VS Dominant Functions = Main purpose (primary activities/ industries to sustain livelihood) Commercial Residential Port/trade Manufacturing Fishing Lumbering Farming Mining Urban Settlement Rural Settlement

7. 1P 2P VS Round 2 Fight! K.O Rural Settlement Urban Settlement AMENITIES Pg 32 Pg 34

8. K.O. Question Which settlement has better amenities ? VS Amenities = Facilities/ services provided Safe tap water Good transport network Import food Available services eg schools, hospitals, shopping malls No safe w ater T ransport on foot Grow their own f ood Poor public s ervices/ facilities Urban Settlement Rural Settlement

9. 1P 2P VS Round 3 Fight! K.O Rural Settlement Urban Settlement WAY OF LIFE Pg 32 Pg 35

10. K.O. Question Which way of life do YOU prefer? VS Way of life High standard of living Stressful life Low standard of living Simple way of life Urban Settlement Rural Settlement

11. Important Definit-ion Arrange-ment Location Area Size Nucleated pg39 Linear pg39 Dispersed pg38 The control center Along a line Scatter/ spread out Many houses around a centre -compact Houses close together Isolated or cluster of houses Rural to Urban Rural/Urban Rural Considerable size Over a large area Over a large area Road intersections, confluences of river Along roads, railway tracks, coasts, river banks Hilly areas, extensive flatlands/ plains

12. Settlement Patterns Important X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Definition Nucleated pg39 Linear pg39 Dispersed pg38 The control center Along a line Scatter/ spread out

13. Settlement Patterns Important Arrange-ment Nucleated pg39 Linear pg39 Dispersed pg38 Many houses around a centre -compact Houses close together Isolated houses

14. Settlement Patterns Important X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Size Nucleated pg39 Linear pg39 Dispersed pg38 Considerable size Over a large area Over a large area

15. Location Area Nucleated pg39 Linear pg39 Dispersed pg38 Rural to Urban Rural/Urban Rural Road intersections, confluences of river Along roads, railway tracks, coasts, river banks Hilly areas, extensive flatlands/ plains

17. Answer the following questions in groups of 4 What is the six-figure grid reference of the church located along the main road in Santoy? (1m) What kind of settlement pattern is found in March Town in grid square 1588? (1m) Ans: 133898 Ans: Linear Pattern

18. (c) Suggest one reason for Logwood town having this kind of settlement pattern (1m) (d) What is probably the dominant activity of the settlements in grid square 1489? Give reasons for your answer (3m) Ans: The houses are located along the main road since it is the transport link to other settlements or plantations. Ans: Growing sugar cane. Settlements are located beside the sugar cane plantation .

19. Remember the question raised last lesson: What is Singapore’s settlement pattern?

20. Annex A – Map of Hougang

21. Dispersed settlement IMH Punggol Park

22. Hougang Bus interchange Nucleated settlement Hougang mall

23. Linear settlement HDB flats along a road HDB flats along a small river

24. So what have we learnt today? There are 3 main types of settlement patterns we can see in the local context Functions, amenities and way of life affects the settlement Note : Way of life would not differ much in Singapore context