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    GCSE Geography Revision: Cheeky Revision Shortcuts
    GCSE Geography Revision: Cheeky Revision Shortcuts
    GCSE Geography Revision: Cheeky Revision Shortcuts
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    GCSE Geography Revision: Cheeky Revision Shortcuts

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    Turn your hard work into the GCSE results with the Cheeky shortcut guide to the most common topics within Geography GCSE subject. This workbook features key exam topics for Geography with precise and clear points to help you achieve top marks. 

    Cheeky Revision shortcuts to GCSE Geography covers: 

    Settlements 
    Populations 
    Agriculture 
    Development 
    Industry 
    Tourism and Resources 
    Tectonics 
    Rocks and Landscapes 
    Rivers 
    Coasts 
    Glaciers 
    Weather and Climate 
    Ecosystems 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherS-cool Youth Marketing Ltd
    Release dateFeb 15, 2016
    ISBN9781524284992
    GCSE Geography Revision: Cheeky Revision Shortcuts

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      GCSE Geography Revision - Scool Revision

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      Settlements

      Site and Situation

      The Site of a settlement describes the physical nature of where it is located.

      Factors such as water supply, building materials, quality of soil, climate, shelter and defence were all considered when settlements were first established.

      Aspect relates to the direction in which the land faces.

      A supply of water was probably the single most important factor in deciding where a settlement might be located.

      A dry point site is one which is slightly raised from the surrounding area.

      A wet point site refers to any site which has access to water, usually through being beside a river.

      In medieval times, defence was one of the most important factors influencing the site of a settlement.

      Anywhere where two routes meet has great potential for settlement.

      Many towns and cities have built up at points where it was easiest to cross a large river.

      The situation of a settlement is the description of the settlement in relation to the other settlements and physical features around it.

      Urban Hierarchies

      Settlements can be described as being part of the urban hierarchy.

      Where they stand on the hierarchy depends on a number of factors, the main ones being population, the number of services a settlement has and its sphere of influence.

      The larger the population, the higher the settlement is place on the hierarchy.

      The larger a settlement is, and therefore the higher it is one the urban hierarchy, the more services and functions it will have.

      The larger a settlement is the greater its sphere of influence is likely to be, as it has a wider range of services and functions to attract people to go there.

      There are two major ideas to consider when looking at the sphere of influence of a shop of service.

      These are called the range and threshold population of a good.

      Settlement Functions

      The function of a settlement describes all the main activities that occur in it.

      These can be grouped into a number of headings, such as residential, recreational, retail, government, entertainment and industrial.

      Some settlements have one predominant function. Most settlements now are multi-functional, which means that

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