New Geography in Action Junior Cycle Geography 12 Settlement and
Urbanisation: Where we live and why
In this chapter, you will learn:
what settlement is the history of rural and urban settlement in Ireland the factors that affect the location of rural and urban settlement in Ireland today how to identify settlement on Ordnance Survey maps what urbanisation is the causes of urbanisation the effects of urbanisation.
ICE-BREAKER ACT VITY
Take a look at the two images at the bottom of this page and at the bottom of the next. One is an illustration of a Celtic settlement in Ireland. The other is a photograph of Galway City today. Work in pairs and compare the two images under the following headings:
• the location of the settlement • what activities take place in the settlement • the size of the settlement • what jobs the people who live there might have.
: Figure 12.1 Artist’s impression of a Celtic settlement 196