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The order of the work in Term 3’s Topic 5: To understand the focus of this topic, you will investigate the following key factors:: Unit1: (p.134) Settlement and Land use 1.What are settlements? 2.Urban settlements 3.Rural settlements Unit 2: (p.152) Land use on aerial photographs and large-scale maps 1. What do aerial photographs look like? 2.Information from aerial photos. 3. Identify land use in urban settlements. Unit 3: (p.90) Urbanization 1.The concept of urbanisation. 2.Why are cities growing? 3.Urbanization in South Africa. 4.Social issues related to rapid growth of cities.

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Topic 5: Settlements

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Topic 5: Settlements 1.Give a brief description of each of the following concepts: – Settlement – Temporary settlement – Nomadic settlement – Permanent settlement 2.Explain the impact of colonialism on African urbanization. 3.Land use zones refer to different purposes for land. What four land use zones would you usually find in cities? 4.Name and explain the properties of the FOUR main land uses. 5.What were the consequences of the development of huge shopping centers in cities?

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Topic 5: Settlements 1.Complete: Settlement patterns of rural settlements are affected by: _______________________________ 2. Examples of rural settlements include: _______________________________ 3.Refer to the paper that was handed out regarding the four types of settlements. Name and explain each one as part of: Complete the table!

Topic 5: Settlements 4. Describe the following rural settlements patterns by giving a short description: 4.1) Clustered settlement 4.2) Circular settlement 4.3) Linear settlement 4.4) Dispersed settlement

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Topic 5: Settlements Refer to the following paper that was handed out in class:

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Topic 5: Settlements 1.Explain the concept of urbanization and what is meant with urban migration. 2.What cities in Africa are growing the fastest? 3.Name the two main causes of urbanization. 4.Explain with examples the difference between push and pull forces. 5.How did the Natives Land Act and the Group Areas Act of apartheid influence South African urban patterns? 6.How did the end of apartheid in 1994, affected urbanization in South Africa? 7.Name at least 10 social problems (issues) arising as a result of rapid urbanization. (See also housing in South Africa)

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Topic 5: Settlements 8. Look at the map on p160 (Figure 47) and answer the questions: 8.1 Which province has the lowest population? 8.2 Which provinces have the highest population? 8.3 Look at the table next to the map and to find the province with highest number of informal settlements. 8.4 What province has the lowest number of informal settlements? 8.5 If you look at the whole of South Africa, what form of settlement is the largest of informal or planned? 9. Look at Figure 48 that indicates the number of service delivery protests in South Africa. Why has the number of protests increased? Explain in detail why you think that. (10) 10. Explain how health and education are affected by rapid urbanization. 11. If you are the government, how would you solve these problems?

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