Global Settlement Patterns · Human Geography

Factors of Human Settlement

An analysis of the physical and social factors that encourage or discourage human habitation in specific regions.

Key Questions

  1. 1Why do people settle in high-risk environmental zones?
  2. 2How does access to fresh water dictate the limits of urban growth?
  3. 3What happens to a society when its primary settlement site becomes uninhabitable?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Global Settlement: Patterns and Sustainability - Grade 8
Grade: Grade 8
Subject: Geography
Unit: Global Settlement Patterns
Period: Human Geography

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