Human Settlement
What is Human Settlement? * The totality of the human community whether city/village with all the social, material, organizational, spirit and cultural elements that sustain it. * The fabric of Human settlements consists of physical elements and services to which the elements provide the material support. * It refers to cities, town, villages and other concentrations of human populations which inhabit a given segment/area of the environment. It associated with numerous and complex environmental, pollution and living condition problems for planning and management.
The physical components: * Shelter : The structures of different shapes, sizes, types and material erected by mankind of security, privacy, and protection from the element. * Infrastructure: The complex networks designed to deliver to or removed from our shelter people, goods, energy or information. * Services: cover those required by a community for the fulfillment of its functions as a social body such as education, health, culture, welfare, recreation and nutrition.
HOUSING refers to a whole collection of things that come packaged together, nt just 4 walls and a roof, but a specific location in relation to * Work & services * Neighbours & neighbourhoods * Property rights & privacy provisions * Income & investment oppurtunities * Emotional/psychological symbols & support
Approaches : 1. Biological approach - habitat -interaction between organisim and its environment -water, food, shelter, procreation 2. Ecological approach - man -man & men - man & environment -man & creator 3. Spatial approach - location of man and his activities -growth & sprawl
Definition of urban settlement : * Population size & density * Social & economic indicators * Administrative or political status * Function & services * Urban culture
Contributing factors of urbanization: *
The physical components: * Shelter : The structures of different shapes, sizes, types and material erected by mankind of security, privacy, and protection from the element. * Infrastructure: The complex networks designed to deliver to or removed from our shelter people, goods, energy or information. * Services: cover those required by a community for the fulfillment of its functions as a social body such as education, health, culture, welfare, recreation and nutrition.
HOUSING refers to a whole collection of things that come packaged together, nt just 4 walls and a roof, but a specific location in relation to * Work & services * Neighbours & neighbourhoods * Property rights & privacy provisions * Income & investment oppurtunities * Emotional/psychological symbols & support
Approaches : 1. Biological approach - habitat -interaction between organisim and its environment -water, food, shelter, procreation 2. Ecological approach - man -man & men - man & environment -man & creator 3. Spatial approach - location of man and his activities -growth & sprawl
Definition of urban settlement : * Population size & density * Social & economic indicators * Administrative or political status * Function & services * Urban culture
Contributing factors of urbanization: *