Settlement Geography

2019 ◽  
pp. 549-550
Keyword(s):  
Settlement Geography

Mapping Ancient Libya

1994 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
David Mattingly
Keyword(s):  
Rural Settlement ◽  
Fundamental Importance ◽  
The South ◽  
Roman World ◽  
New Information ◽  
Settlement Geography ◽  
History Of ◽  
East And West ◽  
Ancient Geography ◽  
Definitive Form

Between 1946 and 1951 Richard Goodchild carried out the fieldwork that was to result in a seminal series of articles and publications on the ancient settlements of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica (Goodchild 1948; 1949a/b; 1950a/b/c/d; 1951a/b/c; 1952a/b/c; 1953; 1954c; 1971; 1976; Goodchild and Ward-Perkins 1953; Ward-Perkins and Goodchild 1949; 1953). The cartographic results appeared in 1954 as two splendid sheets in the ill-fated Tabula Imperii Romani (TIR) series at a scale of 1:1,000,000 (Goodchild 1954a/b). These twenty-two publications remain of fundamental importance to our understanding of the ancient topography of Libya.Goodchild's map can with hindsight be seen as one of the few successes of the ill-fated TIR project. The TIR initiative aimed to produce 58 maps covering the Roman world, but huge problems have beset it all along and only 11 maps have ever appeared in definitive form. Although work continues in some areas, it must be considered improbable that this series will ever be completed (see Talbert 1992 for a thorough review of the history of the TIR).The fact that it is now nearly 40 years since the compilation of Goodchild's two TER sheets for Libya is probably reason enough for resuming his interest in mapping ancient Libya. Much has happened in the interim to refine our knowledge of both urban and rural settlement, as a glance at the relevant volumes of Libya Antiqua, Libyan Studies and Quaderni di Archeologia delta Libia will reveal. For the study of the ancient geography and toponomy of Cyrenaica, the studies by Stucchi (1975) and Laronde (1987) are of particular importance. In addition to map corrections necessitated by the new information and perspectives, one may cite the inconvenience caused by the incompleteness of the TIR coverage to the south, east and west of the Leptis Magna and Cyrene sheets. For instance, how can we hope to understand the settlement geography of Roman Tripolitania without reference to Tunisian western Tripolitania or to the desert tribes (Phazanii, Garamantes etc)?

North Borneo: A Study in Settlement Geography

1966 ◽  
Vol 132 (3) ◽  
pp. 410
Author(s):  
Guy Arnold ◽  
Lee Yong Leng
Keyword(s):  
North Borneo ◽  
Settlement Geography

Settlement Geography of the Indian Desert

1973 ◽  
Vol 139 (2) ◽  
pp. 338
Author(s):  
R. W. Bradnock ◽  
R. C. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Indian Desert ◽  
Settlement Geography

Population Resettlement — Traumatic Upheavals and the Algerian Experience

1977 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Sutton
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
World War ◽  
Numerous Case ◽  
Settlement Geography ◽  
The Subject ◽  
No Man's Land ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Settlement Schemes

The study of settlement geography in Africa has not only to consider rural–urban and traditional–modern contrasts, but also to place on the appropriate continuum the various communities which have been relocated since World War II. However, the lack of a general theory in this field has led to much wasted effort on the ground, and to the frequent replication of studies in the literature. Some recent contributions endeavour to draw meaningful generalisations from the disparate literature on settlement and resettlement schemes.1 Perhaps because the subject constitutes ‘an academic no man's land’ wherein ‘no single science or study has yet established its claims and each has its limitations’,2 attempts at an overview have inevitably focused on the individual author's specialist orientation. Whatever the methodological paradigm of these overviews, or of the numerous case-studies, they frequently, if regretfully, arrive at a critical conclusion vis-à-vis the limited results of settlement schemes.

scholarly journals Study of Settlement Pattern of Dungarpur District of Rajasthan

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 62-69
Author(s):  
Varun Binda ◽  
Santosh Chharang
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Pattern ◽  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Functional Activities ◽  
Essential Aspect ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Settlement Geography ◽  
Different Types

The settlement indicates the spatial pattern of the human's functional activities at the local level, including residence, street structure, community areas, etc. Settlements represent one of the most dominant features made by men on the earth in the process of habitation. In the genetic term, settlements are the almost permanent abode of an organism. They represent "An organized colony of human beings together with the buildings, paths, and streets over which they travel." The settlement pattern is also an essential aspect of settlement geography for research. Within a particular region, different types of settlement patterns were found. The settlement pattern is controlled by various socio-economic, climatic, and different factors. In this research, the authors attempt to highlight the various settlements' patterns, sizes, and responsible factors. 

scholarly journals Scientific research of geography of Ukrainian rural settlements: the evolution of methodological approaches in context of actual challenges

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 113-124
Author(s):  
Iryna Dnistrianska
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
The Social ◽  
Settlement Geography ◽  
History Of ◽  
Economic State ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Rural Locality ◽  
Scientific Achievements

In this article, the history of studying the geography of the Ukrainian rural settlements is reviewed. The stages of research in view the exploration level of the rural locality in human geography are highlighted within such time limits: XV – the first half XIX cent., the secondary half XIX – the beginning of XX cent., the beginning of XX – till 1991, from 1991. At each of the stages is characterized the main scientific paradigms and explorations which was dedicated to the subject of the rural settlements. Paradigms and methods of studying exactly rural settlements evolved and developed under the influence of historical conditions: from purposefully-descriptive, statistical-descriptive, sectoral-statistical, ethnographic, anthropogeographic, demogeographic to an integral socio-geographical. During the research, it was concluded that geographical exploring of the rural settlements actually was fragmentary until the XX century. Simultaneously, the scientific achievements of the previous periods laid down to definite some methodological basis and source base for further research in this area. Closer to the middle of the XX century, the biggest explorations of Ukrainian rural settlements were conducted by V. Kubiyovych. Later, for ideological reasons, the issue of rural settlement geography was not the focus of attention among Ukrainian geographers of that time until Ukraine gained independence. The topic of the research of the Ukrainian village in scientific circles has risen to a new level and it’s geography according to the scientific centres in Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Chernivtsi, Kharkiv and Ternopil since 1991. Modern crisis of the demographic, social, economic state of the rural areas causes the necessity of interdisciplinary further exploration of this problem. Despite the social development and nowadays challenges in this article the main tasks and directions for future research of Ukrainian village are highlighted. Key words: the history of Ukrainian geography, rural settlements, rural population, methodology of geographical research.

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