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Classification of Urban settlements according to function
Click here on urban settlements
Notes Urban areas are classified according to their function (
the main reason why they are there)
There are three types of urban areas:
1. Specialized towns
2. Trade and Transport towns
3. Central place towns
3 Types of Urban Settlements1. Specialised towns
2. Trade and transport towns
3. Central place towns
Click on types of urban settlements
Specialised Towns Religious
Educational
Administrative
Military
Entertainment
Industrial
Mining
Moria
Potch/Grahamstown
Pretoria/Canberra
Simons town
Las Vegas/Plett Bay
Vereeniging/VDbijl
Welkom
Specialised towns
SPECIALIZED CITIES
Has one dominant function like education, mining etc
S
SSUNI
CC
Iron ore mine
University
S School
C College
Holliday towns
Settlements
UNI
Trade and Transport Towns Port town
Junction town
Gap town
Bridge town
Durban
De Aar
Chicago
Cambridge / HeronBridge
Break of Bulk settlements: where one mode of transport is changed for another e.g. at Durban goods are moved from ship to train or trucks.
TRADE & TRANSPORT TOWNS
SEA
Settlement
Roads
Navigable river
Railway
Mountains
Junction
Intersection of railways
Gap townDeurgang
Between mountains
Break of bulk
Break of bulk
From one type of transport to another
Central Place Towns A settlement that
provides goods and services to the area surrounding it
Harrismith
CENTRAL PLACE TOWNS
Definition: Small towns supplying urban goods
and services to the surrounding rural areas
Low order goods High order goods
Need often e.g. bread
and milk or doctor
Do not need often to
buy TV or furniture
Smaller threshold
population
Larger threshold
population
Several shops and
services
Fewer shops
CENTRAL PLACE TOWN
Provides services to surrounding rural area
H
B
SW
W
W – ShopH – HotelB – BankS – School
- RuralSettlements
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