Human Settlement Key Words
Regarding Sorts of Immigration
Push Pull Factors
Pull factor is a geography term that is used to describe factors that attract people to a country, region, religion, organization etc.. It is the opposite of a push factor, which involves conditions that motivate one to leave. Push factors come in many forms. Sometimes these factors leave people with no choice but to leave their country of origin. Below are three examples of push factors that drive people to emigrate from their home countries. Lack of Jobs/Poverty: Economic factors provide the main motivation behind migration.
Emigration
The act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad.
Immigration
Migration
Regarding Development and Area
Situation
Site
physical characteristics of a place (ex. climate, water bodies, topography, soil, vegetation, elevation)
Developed Nations
Developing Nations
Types of Settlement
Suburban
A residential area on the outskirts of a city.Suburban areas have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods.
Urbanization
Urban
Rural
in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town.
Population
Population Density
the number of people living in each unit of area (such as a square mile)
Linear Population
Clustered Population
Scattered Population
A scattered population is a population distribution when a small amount of people are living in a big area.
Land
Urban Planning
Land Use
Land use involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as settlements and semi-natural habitats such as arable fields, pastures, and managed woods.
Mapping
Dot Distribution
Latitude
Longitude
Absolute Location
Absolute location describes the location of a place based on a fixed point on earth.
Thematic Maps (e.g. Choropleth)
