Settlement

(Dry and wet point, aspect, shelter, defence, resources, communications) Changing importance of site factors due to technology Reasons why some settlements grew into trading centres
 * Settlement site factors**

Hierarchy, services, population size and sphere of influence
 * Settlement size**

Settlement function, and changes over time
 * Function**

__Dubai__ Dubai's function changed from being a fishing port to an oil exporting port. Because oil in Dubai is due to run out in 2025 it has started to establish itself as a location for high technology business. For example, the Dubai Internet City. (GT)

A comparison of an urban model for a city in an MEDC and an LEDC Characteristics of the CBD, inner city and suburb and rural-urban fringe in an MEDC city Characteristics of the high-class sector and shanty towns in an LEDC city
 * Structure**

Definition and causes of urbanisation Differences in urbanisation between MEDCs and LEDCs
 * Urbanisation**

Social economic and environmental problems in the CBD and inner city (MEDC) Social economic and environmental problems in shanty towns
 * Problems of urbanisation**

Solutions to problems of the CBD and inner city in MEDCs Solutions to shanty towns (including views of local people)
 * Solutions to urban problems**

Describe the problem of urban sprawl (MEDC) Advantages and disadvantages of urban sprawl to different groups of people Solutions to the problems of urban sprawl including transport schemes, green belts and planning, brown-field sites, conservation
 * Urban Sprawl**