Human
Settlements
Look
at the front image of an oasis. It is an aerial view of the Huacachina oasis in
Ica, Peru, 300 km south of Lima. The settlement is home to 96 residents, who
live around the lake.
Now let us discuss on
a)
Why the most oases are having hardly
100 residents or less?
b)
How do people live in an oasis
identify the direction at night?
c)
What are the comforts and
discomforts the people of Oasis experience?
d) Could
you list some factors favouring settlements?
In
simpler term we can define settlement as any form of human habitation which
ranges from a single dwelling to a large city.
A
human settlement is defined as a place inhabited more or less permanently. It
includes building in which they live or use and the streets through which they
travel. It also includes the temporary camps of the hunters and herders. It may
consist of only a few dwelling units called hamlets or big cluster of building
called urban cities.
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