(a) Name any two types of urban… | Geography

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(a) Name any two types of urban settlements

(b) Outline the characteristic features of each type

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(a) Two types of urban settlements

(Other acceptable types include administrative/capital towns, mining towns, and route/route-centre towns.)

(b) Characteristic features of each type

Industrial town:

Dominated by factories, industrial estates and workshops.
Located near sources of raw materials, power or good transport.
Has a large working population, worker housing estates and often problems of pollution.

Commercial/trading town:

Dominated by markets, shops, banks, offices and business districts.
Usually sited at a route centre, port or route junction where goods are exchanged.
Has a busy central business district and attracts traders, transporters and a large service population.

(c) Problems facing urban centres

Overcrowding and housing shortage, leading to slums and high rents.
Traffic congestion and pressure on roads and transport.
Unemployment and crime arising from rural-urban migration.
Inadequate services and pollution - shortage of water, power, sanitation, and waste and air pollution.

(a) Name any two types of urban settlements (b) Outline the characteristic features of each type (c) Describe any four problems facing urban centres.