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Site
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Site the physical land on which a settlement is built
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Situation
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Situation the settlement in relation to its surrounding area
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Dry-point sites
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Dry-point
sites the site of a settlement which avoids land prone
to flooding such as a gravel mound or the valley side
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Bridging points
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Bridging
points a settlement located where a river is forded or
bridged
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Route Focus
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Route Focus where communications focus i.e. roads and railways converge
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Catchment area
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Catchment
area the area that a school, shop or settlement
serves
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Hinterland
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Hinterland the area surrounding a settlement, port etc
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Convenience goods
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Convenience
goods goods which are cheap and bought frequently
e.g. furniture
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Convenience goodsMillionaire
cities cities with over 1 million people where people
live but travel to work in the city
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Convenience
goods goods which are cheap and bought frequently
e.g. eggs or bread
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Communter or dormitory villages
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Communter
or dormitory villages villages on the outskirts
of a town or city where the main purpose is residence
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Millionaire cities
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Millionaire
cities cities with over 1 million people where people
live but travel to work in the city
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Megacities
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Megacities cities with over 5 million people
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Informal
sector
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Informal
sector in LEDC’s many people work in the informal
sector as shoeshine boys, servants etc
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Urban land uses
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Urban land
uses the use of land in towns and cities
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Zones
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Zones areas of land with similar uses
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