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Landscapes of Settlement: Prehistory to the Present

By Brian Roberts

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1996
ISBN
0415119677, 0415119685, 9780415119689, 9780203293416
LCC
GF127 .R62 1996
Open Library ID
OL789997M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5036712 bytes)
Pages
200\200
Library
avaxhome.ws
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

Settlement is the physical reflection of the social organization of space. Starting with the human dwelling, settlements aggregate into farmsteads, hamlets, villages, towns, and cities. Emphasizing their impact on present day society, Landscapes of Settlement traces the course of rural development, deciphering from these contours the history of the land and its people. Out of detailed case studies in both the developed and developing worlds this book distills the underlying processes behind rural settlement systems, and then builds upon this to analyze settlement patterns on the continental and global scales.

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