Theory question 101
Settlement(a) Highlight any four differences between urban and rural settlements (b) Outline any four favourable conditions for the growth of settlements
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(a) Urban: large population, rural: small; urban: mainly secondary and tertiary jobs, rural: mainly primary (farming, fishing, lumbering); urban: many amenities (pipe-borne water, electricity, hospitals), rural: few; urban: dense, tall buildings with planned layout, rural: scattered simple buildings; urban: heterogeneous people, rural: homogeneous; urban: has a central business district; urban: higher cost of living, crime and pollution.
(b) Good water supply; fertile land; gentle, well-drained relief; good climate; security/defence sites; nodal location on routes; mineral resources; harbours and coastal sites; government policy (capital); availability of social amenities.
Set out the differences in pairs.