Linear settlement
A linear settlement is a (normally small to medium-sized)
settlement or group of buildings that is formed in a long line.[1]
Many of such settlements have transport route, such as a road,
river, or canal though some form due to physical restrictions,
such as coastlines, mountains, hills or valleys. Linear settlements
may have no obvious centre, such as a road junction.[2] Linear
settlements have a long and narrow shape.
Linear settlements are seen along roads, railways, rivers, sea
coasts and in foothill regions etc. These types of settlements are
narrow in shape and they are spread along a straight line.
Some communities along the Saint
In the case of settlements built along a route, the route predated Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada,
the settlement, and then the settlement grew up at some way developed as linear settlements, as is still
station or feature, growing along the transport route. Often, it is clearly seen in Champlain, Quebec
only a single street with houses on either side of the road.
Mileham, Norfolk, England is a good example of this. Later
development may add side turnings and districts away from the
original main street. Places such as Southport, England
developed in this way.
A linear settlement is in contrast with ribbon development, which
is the outward spread of an existing town along a main street and
a nucleated settlement, which is a group of buildings clustered A picture of Victoria City between 1860
around a central point; these include, for example, Klaukkala in and 1865
Nurmijärvi, Finland.[3]
Contents
Linear villages
See also
References
External links
A map of Victoria City (bottom) and the
Linear villages city of Kowloon across the harbour, of
1915
A linear village[4] or a chain village[5] is a village that is also a
linear settlement.
See also
Reihendorf
Ribbon development
Linear city
References
1. English heritage thesaurus ([Link]
no=1&term_no=68988) Archived ([Link]
[Link]/thesaurus_term.asp?thes_no=1&term_no=68988) 2007-09-14 at the
Wayback Machine, 23-05-2013
2. Linear settlements ([Link]
23-05-2013
3. Keski-Uudenmaan maakuntamuseon lausunto Nurmijärven Klaukkalan
osayleiskaavaehdotuksesta (Statement of the Central Uusimaa Regional Museum on the
partial master plan proposal for Klaukkala, Nurmijärvi) ([Link]
015/[Link]) (in Finnish)
4. geograph, SE0817 : Outlane - a linear village ([Link]
utlane), 23-05-2013
5. [Link]
External links
Outlane - a linear village ([Link]
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