Land use and settlement shapes (Edexcel GCSE Geography A): Flashcards

Maps showing detailed landscape & human activity

Land use, vegetation, communications

Site, Situation, Shape

Physical characteristics of the location

Location relative to other places & features

Pattern settlement creates viewed from above

Slope, Aspect, Ground conditions, Altitude

Buildings scattered randomly, no central focus

Buildings clustered around a central point

Buildings in a line along transport route/river

Rural farming areas, people live near their land

Good transport/trade links or need for proximity

Features channel development in one direction

Grid refs, distances, directions, specific names