Human settlement
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| + | '''Settlement''', '''locality''' or '''populated place''' are general terms used in [[statistics]], [[archaeology]], [[geography]], [[landscape history]] and other subjects for a permanent or temporary community in which people live or have lived, without being specific as to size, population or importance. A settlement can therefore range in size from a small number of dwellings grouped together to the largest of cities with surrounding urbanized areas. The term may include [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]]s, [[village]]s, [[town]]s and [[city|cities]]. | ||
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| + | A settlement conventionally includes its constructed facilities such as [[road]]s, [[enclosure]]s, [[field systems]], [[Boundaries in landscape history|boundary]] banks and [[ditch]]es, [[pond]]s, [[park]]s and [[wood]]s, [[windmill|wind]] and [[water mill]]s, [[manor house]]s, [[moat]]s and [[church (building)|church]]es. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Administrative division]] | ||
| + | * [[Lost city]] | ||
| + | * [[Sedentism#Requirements_for_permanent_settlements|Requirements for permanent settlements]] | ||
| + | * [[List of Neolithic settlements]] | ||
| + | * [[Settlement geography]] | ||
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| - | '''Habitation''' may refer to: | ||
| - | * [[Human settlement]] | ||
| - | * [[Dwelling]] | ||
| - | * [[Habitat (disambiguation)]] | ||
| - | * [[Administrative divisions of India#Habitations|An administrative division in India]] | ||
| - | * [[Habitation at Port-Royal]] | ||
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Settlement, locality or populated place are general terms used in statistics, archaeology, geography, landscape history and other subjects for a permanent or temporary community in which people live or have lived, without being specific as to size, population or importance. A settlement can therefore range in size from a small number of dwellings grouped together to the largest of cities with surrounding urbanized areas. The term may include hamlets, villages, towns and cities.
A settlement conventionally includes its constructed facilities such as roads, enclosures, field systems, boundary banks and ditches, ponds, parks and woods, wind and water mills, manor houses, moats and churches.
See also
- Administrative division
- Lost city
- Requirements for permanent settlements
- List of Neolithic settlements
- Settlement geography
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