Category Archives: Settlements

Processes, Patterns, and Functions of Human Settlement for Students of Geography

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

Any geography student person must understand the varying forms of human settlements in terms of their size, composition, location, arrangement, organization, function, and history. Nobody lives in isolation. Instead, people live in clusters ranging from small villages with hundreds of … Continue reading →

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Type and Form of Rural Houses in India

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

According to dictionary type is a number of people or things having in common traits or characteristics that distinguish them as a group or class” and form is the shape and structure of an object or the body or outward … Continue reading →

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Rural Settlements in India

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

    Inhabitants of the rural settlement depend for their livelihood upon the exploitation of the soil, small fishing, quarrying, mining forestry caps etc. A typical village has secondary workers supplying services to the primary group of farmers and farm labourers e.g. … Continue reading →

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Brasilia:A City that looks Like an Aeroplane

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

There are many interesting settlements in the world  but Brasilia is unique.Brasília  is the federal capital of Brazil and the seat of government of the Federal District.As a metropolitan area, it ranks lower at sixth in population.besides its shape it … Continue reading →

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