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GCSE	Edexcel Geography Specification A syllabus no.1312
2  The Human World	2b Settlement 1
Chapter 2  pages 34-47	Tomorrow's Geography  Mike Harcourt and Steph Warren, published by Hodder and Stoughton 0 340 79965 X
The siting of settlements   Physical and economic factors affecting the location, shape and growth of settlements.
students should - Describe and explain the physical and economic factors that affect the location, shape and growth of settlements.
The site of a settlement       Warkworth on multimap Alnmouth on multimap   http://www.scalloway.org.uk and then go to settlement	The site of a settlement From Tomorrow’s Geography page  write up, with little sketches, the 3 types of settlement distribution. From Tomorrow’s Geography page 37 questions 1-5 From geog123 book 1 page 20 answer questions 1-7 .. or as far as you can go   The site of Warkworth or Alnmouth Make a sketch of either of these small settlements, and label the factors which might have made them locate there … siting advantages. Point out any disadvantages you can see! You can use page 19 of geog.123, which has a fine aerial photograph, or page 36 of Tomorrow's Geography, which has another fine aerial oblique photo; also in the same book on page 47 is an O.S. 1:50,000map of the whole Alnwick, Alnmouth, Warkworth, Amble area.
The growth of settlements     growth of Ipswich	The growth of settlements   Tomorrow’s Geography page 36 - what stopped Warkworth from growing further? Why did Ipswich grow so rapidly to fill its present site; when were its growth spurts? refer to the on-line maps of Ipswich's growth
A2 Human World - Population A2 Human World - Settlement 1 A2 Human World - Settlement 2     GCSE home	checklist for Settlement 2A checklist for Settlement 2B