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What are different types of settlements?
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Settlements are of the following types:
- Rural settlements.
- Urban settlements.
- The villages are Rural Settlements.
- In these settlements people are engaged in agriculture, fishing, forestry, crafts work and trading etc.
- Compact and
- Scattered.
- A Compact settlement is a closely built area of dwellings. They are built on flat land.
- In a scattered settlement dwellings are spaced over an extensive area. These settlements are mostly found in hilly tracts, thick forests, and regions of extreme climate.
- In rural areas, people build houses to suit their environment.
- In regions of heavy rainfall, they have slanting roofs.
- In the places where water accumulates in the rainy season, the houses are constructed on a raised platform or stilts.
- Thick mud walled houses with thatched roots are very common in areas of hot climate.
- Local materials like stones, mud, clay, straw etc. are used to construct , houses.
- The towns are small urban settlements and the cities are larger urban settlements.
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