O-LevelGeographyPopulation and settlementMay/June 2014Paper 1 Q225 Marks
Study Fig. 3, which shows a settlement hierarchy. [Figure 3] depicts a pyramid-shaped settlement hierarchy with layers from bottom to top: isolated buildings/farmsteads, hamlet, village, small town, large town, city, conurbation, capital city. An arrow on the left indicates 'increasing population and area' upwards, and an arrow on the right indicates 'decreasing number of services' downwards. A double-headed arrow at the bottom indicates 'number of settlements'. Study Photographs A, B and C (Insert), which show three different types of shops in the Central Business District (CBD) of Madrid, the capital city of Spain (MEDC).
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