types of settlements geography
Classification[edit] Traditionally, it belongs to cultural geography and is divided into the geography of urban settlements (cities and towns) and rural settlements (e.g. villages and hamlets). Thereby, settlements are mostly seen as elements of the cultural landscape that developed over time. Apart from Australia, Europe and India, the term is actually rarely used in English-speaking geography. One of the last English books on settlement geography was published by Cambridge University Press in the 90s.
They are all different sizes: 1  hamlets are are tiny settlements - they are just a collection of houses, perhaps centered around a few farms and maybe without even a shop;  villages are small settlements - several hundred people live in them and they have: a few shops, a place of worship and maybe a school too;