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Give geographical reasons:
Human settlement increases due to increase in transportation facilities.
Give geographical reasons:
Human settlements increase due to transportation facilities.
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Solution
- Transportation is a tertiary activity through which passengers, freight and industrial products are carried from one place to another.
- Transportation facilities contribute to development of various economic activities. It also has an impact on human settlements.
- People use a territory to build houses and earn livelihood. The availability of transportation facilities enables them to commute and makes their lives easy.
- Due to transportation facilities, many human settlements like towns and cities have developed in the world.
- Particular pattern of human settlements is also found due to transport system. For example: Linear pattern settlements occur along a road, railway, canal or river while triangular pattern settlements are found at the confluence of roads.
- Hence, we can say that human settlements increase due to transportation facilities.
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