- Urban land use includes areas for residential, industrial, commercial, institutional, recreational, and transportation purposes.
- Residential areas are used for housing, while industrial areas are used for manufacturing activities.
- Commercial areas are business centres, often located in the Central Business District (CBD).
- Plot layouts and mixed land use develop due to increasing population and urban expansion.
- Land cover means physical surface (forest, water, etc.), while land use means how people use the land.
Definitions [3]
How would you define a settlement?
A human settlement is defined as a place inhabited more or less permanently. It may include temporary camps of hunters or herders and also the permanent settlements called villages, towns, cities, large agglomeration.
Definition: Settlement
Due to the social needs, many people come together at a particular place and construct houses in a particular way, which is known as settlement.
Definition: Rural-Urban Fringe
The area between urban and rural area is called urban- rural fringe.
Key Points
Key Points: Land Use Classification
- Rural land use mainly revolves around agriculture, unlike urban land use.
- Land is classified into categories like forests, non-agricultural uses, and barren/wastelands.
- Pastures and grazing lands are mostly owned by the government or village Panchayat.
- Fallow land is land left uncultivated for a short or long period to regain fertility.
- Net sown area refers to the actual land where crops are grown and harvested.
Key Points: Types of Settlement
- Settlements vary in size from small hamlets to large metropolitan cities.
- On the basis of spacing between houses, settlements are of four types: compact, semi-clustered, dispersed, and isolated.
- Compact (nucleated) settlements have houses close together, while dispersed settlements have houses far apart.
- ‘Type’ means category with common features, while ‘pattern’ refers to the spatial arrangement of settlements.
- On the basis of functions, settlements are divided into rural and urban.
Key Points: Suburbs
- Suburbs are small towns or cities located outside a main metropolitan city.
- Suburbs develop due to the growth and expansion of the main city.
- Examples include Kalyan and Virar (Mumbai) and Wakad and Hinjawadi (Pune).
- Land use changes over time, such as wasteland converting into industrial areas.
- Urban growth leads to an increase in built-up areas and development along roads, while some recreational areas may decrease.
Key Points: Human Settlements
- A settlement is a place where people live together and build houses to carry out economic activities.
- Human settlements can range from a single house to a large city.
- Settlements develop due to the interaction between humans and the environment.
- Physical factors like relief, climate, soil, and water supply influence the location and type of settlements.
- Social factors, such as the need for security, can lead to the development of nucleated (clustered) settlements
Key Points: Land use in Urban Areas
Key Points: Rural-Urban Fringe
- Rural–Urban Fringe is the area between rural and urban regions.
- It has mixed features of both rural and urban areas.
- It develops due to urban sprawl, when cities expand outward.
- Land use in this area includes residential, industrial, and agricultural activities.
- Beyond the urban fringe lies the rural fringe, which is mainly villages slightly affected by urbanisation.
Important Questions [15]
- Draw a neat, labelled diagram. Linear pattern
- Differentiate between : Nucleated and Dispersed Settlement
- Draw a diagram and label it. Triangular pattern settlement
- Arrange in ascending order of settlemems: City Metropolitan city Suburban city Mega city
- Assertion (A): When cities grow, their functions also grow. Reasoning (R): Cities can have only one function.
- Write short note on the following. Functional classification of urban settlement.
- Give geographical reason: Growth of urban areas is linked to land use.
- Differentiate between: Land use and Land cover
- Give geographical reason. Growth of city is related to the land use.
- Read the following passage and answer the questions given below: Land is very valuable – natural resource as land is required for the production of food, construction of buildings,
- Arrange the land use with respect to growth in Gross domestic product (GDP) from favourable to non - favourable factor: A. Barren land B. Grazing land C. Cultivated land D. Land under forest
- Give a geographical reason: In rural settlements, land use is related to agriculture.
- Land use patterns in rural areas are different from urban areas.
- Write a short note on: Problems of urban settlements.
- Write a short note on: Mixed land use.
