RGS Y3 Geog - Settlement Studies

RGS Y3 Geog - Settlement Studies

notes by: Mei Fei Fei (my senior who was willing to share her notes!)

This set of notes covers settlements and several case studies, and is extremely extensive as it covers a large amount of content. Would work the best as material that you read to gain a deeper understanding of the topic, and not as actual exam notes because it is quite long (pro tip: make a summarised version). Happy geogging 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️ 🌍

contents:

1. Introduction
2. Enduring understandings
3. Essential questions
4. Rural settlements
5. Graphic interpretation: settlement\landscapes
6. Size
7. Function
8. Patterns
9. Site and situation
10. Site
11. Situation
12. Spatial and temporal changes in pattern and characteristics of settlements
13. Spatial and temporal analysis
14. Comparing urban and rural settlement landscape
15. Urban settlements
16. Definitions
17. Urban growth
18. Urbanisation
19. Trends
20. Growth and spread of urban settlements
21. Megacities
22. Problems of urban growth and change
23. Slums and squatter settlements
24. Pollution
25. Overpopulation
26. Urban sprawl
27. Solutions to urbanisation
28. Functional zones
29. CBD
30. Factors and processes that influence urban morphology
31. Transportation routes
32. Physical barriers
33. Zoning regulations
34. Growth of Singapore as a city
35. Traits of sustainable and liveable cities
36. Competitive economy
37. Sustainable environment
38. High quality of life
39. Human migration
40. Map interpretation
41. Patterns of movement
42. Types of migrants
43. Causes of human migration
44. Implications of human migration
45. Challenges faced by migrants
46. Assimilation
47. Discrimination
48. Glossary