Settlements - Migrations

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A settlement is the geographic space where people live and work, organized with buildings, roads, drains, etc. It includes different activities like educational, medical, religious, and commercial. Ex

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Nomadic lifestyle involved moving from place to place as hunter-gatherers for about 1.8 lakh years. Sedentary lifestyle began when people started agriculture and stayed in one place. The change occurr

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The three basic concepts are: (1) Site - characteristics of the place like topography, altitude, water bodies, soils, security; (2) Situation - connections with other places; (3) History - the histori

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From largest to smallest: (1) Mega Cities (>10 million people), (2) Metropolitan Cities/Million Plus Cities (1-10 million), (3) Cities/Class 1 cities (1 lakh-1 million), (4) Towns (5000-1 lakh), (5) R

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Urbanization is the process where people increasingly take up non-agriculture work and live in cities and towns. In India, nearly 350 million (one-third) of the population lives in cities and towns. T

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Problems include: inadequate basic infrastructure (roads, drainage, electricity, water), environmental stress, increased air pollution from vehicles, improper sewage disposal leading to health problem

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An aerotropolis or airport city is a new settlement centered around large airports, functioning as a city with facilities like hotels, shopping, entertainment, food, and business conferencing. In Indi

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Migration is people moving from their places to other places in search of better opportunities due to social, economic, or political reasons. Census uses two criteria: (1) 'Birth place' - where the pe