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30.0.0 SETTLEMENT
30.1.0
Specific Objectives
By the end of the topic, the learner should be able to:
a) Define:
i. settlement
ii. urbanization
b) explain the factors influencing settlements and settlement patterns
c) account for the distribution of
major urban centres in
d) explain the growth and functions
of selected towns in
e) compare and contrast selected
urban centres in
f) discuss the effects of urbanization.
30.20 Content
30.21 Definition of:
a) Settlement
b) Urbanization
30.22 Factors influencing:
a) Settlements
b) Patterns of settlement
30.23 Distribution of major urban
centres in
30.24 Factors influencing the growth
of major urban centres in
30.25 A study of the following towns
in
a) an industrial centre - Thika
b) a lake port - Kisumu
c) an agricultural collecting point - Eldoret
30.26 Related studies of the following:
a) Cities -
b) Ports -
30.27 Effects of urbanization