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Human settlement

A human settlement, locality or populated place is a place where people live and carry out social, economic, political, and cultural activities. The term encompasses a broad range of inhabited environments, including hamlets, villages, towns, cities, metropolitan regions, and larger settlement systems. Human settlements are created through human activity…

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Human settlement

Nodes73
Edges72
Triples132
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027397
Components1

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Human settlement

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related to Urban · 10
Human settlement → As, Defining, In, Latin, Many, Reliance, Statistical, The, These, Urban
related to Ekistics · 8
Human settlement → Constantinos Doxiadis, Despite, Ekistics, Greek, It, Its, New Urbanism, The
related to Prehistoric origins and nomadic lifeways · 8
Human settlement → Additionally, During, For, Homo, Human, Pleistocene, These, Within
related to Definition and scope · 5
Human settlement → Human, In, The, These, They
related to Development of early cities and complex societies · 5
Human settlement → As, By, Over, These, Urbanization
related to Expansion, industrialization, and modern urban systems · 3
Human settlement → By, The, These

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settlements urban settlement human areas population systems cities development rather rural economic typically social regions patterns often associated may permanent

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
social cooperationinstance ofkey human capacities0.80text
communicationinstance ofkey human capacities0.80text
and technological adaptation developed over extended periodsinstance ofkey human capacities0.80text
forming the basis for increasingly complex forms of social organizationinstance ofkey human capacities0.80text
highwaysinstance ofTypically linked to central cities by transport networks0.80text
railwaysinstance ofTypically linked to central cities by transport networks0.80text
they enable regular commutinginstance ofTypically linked to central cities by transport networks0.80text
functional integrationinstance ofTypically linked to central cities by transport networks0.80text
increased travel timesinstance ofIn the post-industrial era it has been associated with incremental costs0.80text
transport costsinstance ofIn the post-industrial era it has been associated with incremental costs0.80text
pollutioninstance ofIn the post-industrial era it has been associated with incremental costs0.80text
and the loss of countrysideinstance ofIn the post-industrial era it has been associated with incremental costs0.80text

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