Human settlements

                                what is a human settlement in geography?

What is meant by the human settlement?

                                                                                     "The place where people are live".Human settlements mean " the lifestyle of the people".

What are the types of human settlement?

                                 Types of settlements

1. Urban  settlements 
2. Rural settlements

                                           Rural settlements

• Hamlet

The smallest cluster of houses, not more than a dozen, is called hamlet.

• Village

There is the next step of the hamlet is called the village. There are many houses, homes are together. Certainly, a village is more times bigger than the hamlet. There relays every opportunity of daily life.

•  City

A city is a hundred times bigger than the villages. There present markets, offices, factories, etc.

•  Metropolis

Metropolis basically said to a very large city. Usually, the population of a metropolis is in the millions.

• Megalopolis

Megalopolis is a contribution of two cities. Where two cities are ended this contribution is called megalopolis.

• Ecumenopolis
  
  
  

The combination of many cities makes an ecumenopolis.

• Primate city

A country's leading city that is exceptionally large and expressive national/regional culture and feeling is called a primate city.
                               The pattern of rural settlements                                      

 1 Clustered rural settlements   

                                  

• Linear settlements
• Circular settlements
• Long­­-lot pattern settlements
• Walled settlements
• Grid-pattern settlements
• Miscellaneous pattern settlements

2 Dispersed or scattered rural settlements