24. SETTLEMENT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

24. SETTLEMENT QUESTIONS

This topic entails :-

1. Definition of settlement and urbanization
   
2. Explaining the factors influencing settlements and settlement patterns
   
3. Accounting for the distribution and functions of selected towns in Kenya
   
4. Explaining the growth an functions of selected towns in Kenya
   
5. Comparing and contrasting selected urban centres in Kenya with those of other parts of the world.
   
6. Discussing the effects of urbanization
   

1.  The diagram below shows part of the urban set up. Use it to answer part (a) and (b)

 (a) Name the parts labeled ABC

(b) Give three characteristics of the part labeled A

2  a) Name two settlement patterns common in rural areas in Kenya

 b) The diagram below shows the internal structure of an urban centre. Name the sectors

labeled 1, 2, 3

24. SETTLEMENT ANSWERS

1.  a)  A – Central Business District

B – Transitional zone.

C – Zone of industry and working class.

b) – Has full buildings/sky scrappers.

• Population density very high at low at night.
• Has high land value.
• Mainly have officers and shops.
• Is the jocal point of a town

2.   a) – nucleated

  – dispersed/ scattered  

b)  1- Central Business District

2- Industrial Zone

3- Low class residential zone