Rural%20Settlements

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Rural Settlements
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Objective

• To learn about rural land use and types of
  agriculture
• To learn about the eight rural settlement
  characteristics

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Land Use

• Mainly agricultural
• Also forestry, mining, recreation, parks and
  wildlife preserves

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Types of Agriculture

• Market-oriented agriculture - farmers grow
  products to sell to consumers
• Subsistence Agriculture - food is produced by a
  family for its own needs
• Shifting cultivation - farmers clear trees or
  brush for planting
• Pastoralism - herding animals

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The von Thunen Model
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The von Thunen Model

• This model explains the different types of
  agriculture in a market economy
• The land closest to urban areas has the highest
  value, and land values decrease as one moves away
  from the city. The most intensive forms of
  agriculture (those that generate the most profit
  on the smallest plots of land) are located closer
  to urban areas.

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• Less intensive activities that require large
  amounts of land take place farther away from the
  cities (i.e. ranching and grain farming)

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Basic Settlement Forms

• Draw the 8 basic settlement forms found in rural
  areas (page 127 in World Geography Today)
• Answer the following questions
• How do string, or linear, settlement forms differ
  from cluster forms?
• Why do you think road intersections and rivers
  are common locations for hamlets and villages?