The four main types of settlements are urban, rural, compact and dispersed. Urban settlements are densely populated and are mostly not agricultural. Joan and Nell live in very different places. Nell is in a big city with a lot of other people, and Joan is in a small town with just a few other people. But both are in settlements.
To distinguish between different types of settlements, people often classify settlements as urban or rural. Rural settlements, on the other hand, are generally small. That is to say, they are sparsely populated. There is a low population density, so there are few people in rural settlements.
The small town of Joan is an example of a rural settlement. There just aren't a lot of people there. A settlement is an organized human habitation. There are several ways to classify different types of settlements. Rural settlements are sparsely populated and are mostly agricultural, while urban settlements are densely populated and mostly non-agricultural.
Compact settlements have houses that are built close to each other, while in dispersed settlements there are houses that are built at a great distance. With both sets of classifications, there are problems in finding a consensus on the type of settlement sites. There are four types of rural settlements in India: compact, semi-compact, farmhouses, and scattered or dispersed rural settlements. If the total number of villages equals the total number of villages in an area unit, the settlement is known as a compact settlement.
There are compact settlements throughout the Malwa Plateau region, in much of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, the Nimar Plateau, the Vindhyan Plateau, the NArmada Valley, and other cultivated parts of India. A settlement is considered semicompact. when the total number of villages exceeds half of the villages. These settlements are found both on plateaus and on plains that depend on the environmental conditions prevailing in those areas.
The houses in the semicompact settlements are not closely linked and are grouped together in one place. It extends beyond the compact settlement. This document analyzes the types of settlements, including rural and urban settlements. Rural settlements tend to have smaller populations dedicated to agriculture, fishing or mining, with dispersed, linear or nucleated patterns. Features include villages surrounded by farms and limited services.
Urban settlements have larger populations dedicated to non-rural activities, with a wide range of specialized services in towns and cities. They differ from rural settlements in terms of population density, transport networks and economies. Settlement patterns can be dispersed, nucleated, or linear along transport routes.