Geography Optional 300+ Score Pack · Model answer
Discuss the role of site in determining the types and patterns of rural settlements.
- UPSC 2016
- Population and Settlement Geography
Site is the actual physical ground a settlement occupies — relief, elevation, drainage, water table, soil, aspect, shelter and building material — as distinct from situation, its position relative to surrounding regions, routes and markets.
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- Wet-Point and Dry-Point Sites: Water as the First Control
- Relief and Elevation: Slope Dictates Nucleation and Form Together
- Drainage Geometry: How Rivers Draw the Pattern
- Soil and Land Capability: The Resource Base Behind Type
- The Counterweight: Where Site Ceases to Decide
- Social Organisation and Planning
- …and 1 more sections, with a conclusion
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