MEANING OF RURAL SETTLEMENT
Settlement is the place where people live. Also, settlement can be defined as organized human habitation it can be a single home or bustling metropolis. Settlement can be classified as a rural or urban settlement Rural settlement A rural settlement is a single-function settlement where most of the people are engaged in primary economic activities, usually farming. These settlements are generally small and sparsely populated. There is a low population density in a rural area compared to an urban area. Generally, the majority of people in rural areas are engaging in agriculture and other primary extractive activities such as fishing and hunting. rural settlement may range from large commercial farms to small subsistence farms and is described as uni-functional. Most settlement in villages of East Africa is rural settlements. classification of rural settlement according to pattern and function rural settlement can be either nucleated or dispersed dispersed or isolated rural...