Transcript Settlement Polders

Settlement
2nd year geography
The Zuider Zee Project and
the North-East Polder
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The North-East Polder
Covers almost 48,000 hectares
Its main town is Emmeloord –
situated in the centre of the Polder
Smaller villages developed around it
All linked by rail and road
The Randstad and
overspill towns
• The cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam,
the Hague and Utrecht make up the
Randstad “Conurbation”
• Note – Conurbation = a collection of
cities growing into each other to
form one massive city
Problems Conurbations
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Traffic Congestion
Lack of open space
Poor air quality
Rapidly growing populations
Overspill Towns
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Overspill towns = “planned towns
specifically built to house migrants
from increasingly overcrowded
cities”
1. Overspill towns where built on the
Polders to absorb the growing
population of the Randstad
The Functions of Nucleated
Settlement
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Villages - provide small range of services Market towns - Wider range of services eg banks,
supermarkets
Defensive towns – Begun as defensive settlements –
usually have a castle or ruins
Resource-based settlements – based around the
exploitation of a natural resource ie coal
Ecclesiastical settlement – towns with a religious
function i.e. Knock
Recreational settlement – A town that provides leisure
services for tourists
Dormitory Settlements – People live here but work in a
larger city.
Limerick City – Case
study
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Limerick is an early Viking settlement
Limerick grew as a bridge point – At the lowest
bridge point on the Shannon
It is a route focus – Grew as Market Town –
its port facilities has helped this.
Limerick is Multi-Functional
Residential
Shannon Airport – jobs
Educational – University
Health – Regional Hospital