Site, situation and settlement pattern: how physical features shape land use

What this note covers

1. Site versus situation: two different questions about the same place
2. Why Bellara and Tarric were sited where they were: reading physical evidence
3. Settlement pattern: nucleated, dispersed and linear arrangements
4. How physical features shape land use around a settlement
5. Worked example: explaining pattern and land use together
6. How this is examined and what separates a top response

6 sections · 9 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes