Settlements are places where people builts their homes. Early humans were settled on trees and caves; later they settle along with the river site with fertile land and sufficient water available round the year.
The following civilization developed along with river valley:
Types of Settlements:
They practice, hunting, gathering, shifting, cultivation, and Transhumance.
Transhumance:
It is a special seasonal movement of people who rear animals and move to other locations in search of the foods & fooder.
The following civilization developed along with river valley:
- Indus valley civilization
- Indus river Mesopotamia: Along Tigris river
- The Nile or Egyptian civilization: the Nile river
- Chinese civilization: Yellow river
Types of Settlements:
- Temporary Settlement
- Permanent Settlement
- Rural Settlement
- Compact
- Scattered
- Urban Settlement
- Town or small urban settlement
- City or large urban settlement
Temporary Settlement
The settlement which is occupied for a short time; is called temporary settlement. The settlement areas did not have sufficient resources available all over the years for the population. For example, settlement in deep forest, hot and cold desert, part of Tibet & Ladakh region, Sahara desert, and mountains. They practice, hunting, gathering, shifting, cultivation, and Transhumance.
Transhumance:
It is a special seasonal movement of people who rear animals and move to other locations in search of the foods & fooder.
Permanent Settlement
In the permanent settlement, people build homes to stay permanently. They grow crops in villages and they do some kinds of jobs in the city.
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