Niamh Cullen Geography Summer

A settlement is a place were people live. It can be small as a hamlet or large as a city.

For a settlement to grow there had to be a special reason why it should be built in the first place. This is called a function.

• Market
• Industry
• Port
• Resort

Markets are places were farmers buy and sell their crops. eg Ballycastle

Industries have factories, large buildings and manufactured goods. eg Belfast (Ship building.)

Imports goods from other countries, it is located near the sea and also exports. eg Larne.

People go on holiday here, usually has a beach and other attractions too. Tourists go here. eg Portrush.

A site is the actual place where a town or village grows up

The shape of a settlement, the shape is influenced by the surrounding area.

• Linear
• Nucleated
• Dispersed

Buildings in a line.

A cluster of buildings.

Spread out buildings.