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| Article Name : | | | A GEOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF SITE AND LOCATION OF RURAL SETTLEMENTS IN SATARA DISTRICT MAHARASHTRA | | Author Name : | | | B. S. Naiknaware , T. N. Lokhande | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-3452 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | The term settlement geography is derived from the German 'Siedleness Geography', which involves the study of visual imprints made by man upon the physical landscape in the process of occupancy. Geographers study settlement enables and their spatial patterns for analyzing sequence of change in the cultural landscape. In the aim of present study, an attempt has been made to study the relationship between physical and cultural factors and manmade factors the distribution of rural settlements. To study the site and location of rural settlements. It is found that, in the study region, most of the rural settlements are located near the water bodies. These settlements are called wet point rural settlements. In the western part of the study region more numbers of rural settlements are located in hilly areas on the spur and foot hill site away from the water bodies such settlements are called dry point rural settlements. | | Keywords : | | |
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