Geography of Human Settlements

 

1. Definition, Scope, types and approaches of the study of human Settlement

 

2. Rural Settlement:

        a)   Rural Settlements: Types, Forms and Characteristics

        b)   Rural Periodic Markets: Origin, Growth, Characteristics and their role in Development

 

3. Urban Settlements:

        a)  Definition, Scope, classification (types) of Urban Settlement,

 

4. Origin and History of Urban Centers:

a) Factors of Urban Growth

b) Urbanization process

 

5. Internal Structure of the City and Urban Land Use

      a. Concentric Zones

      b. Multiple Nuclei

      c. Sector Theory

 

6. Urban Environment

      a ) Urban utility services

      c) Environmental Degradation

 

7. Urbanization in Bangladesh:

      a. Development, Problem and Prospects

      b. Rural- Urban Migration