A linear or elongated settlement forms a straight or curved line, following a line of movement, such as a road, river, coastline or the foot of an elongated escarpment. This type of settlement is found in rural area, but linear developments may constitute extensions of towns on their outskirts.

A linear settlement is a (normally small to medium-sized) settlement or group of buildings that is formed in a long line. Many of these settlements are formed along a transport route, such as a road, river, or canal. Others form due to physical restrictions, such as coastlines, mountains, hills or valleys.

isolation settlement refers to areas either in the long distance away from cities where there is lack of facilities as well as opportunities such as transportation, market , training place , educational institutions.

Linear settlements are settlements where the buildings are constructed in lines, often next to a geographical feature like a lake shore, a river or following a road. Example of a linear settlement: Champlain, Quebec, Canada is an example of a linear settlement.

Linear settlements are seen along roads, railways,rivers, sea coasts and in foothill regions etc. These types of settlements are narrow in shape and they are spread along a straight line.

[1] Many follow a transport route, such as a road, river, or canal though some form due to physical restrictions, such as coastlines, mountains, hills or valleys. Linear settlements may have no obvious centre, such as a road junction. [2] Linear settlements have a long and narrow shape.

Settlements take on a range of shapes when they form. Dispersed, linear and nucleated are the most common. A dispersed pattern is where isolated buildings are spread out across an area, usually separated by a few hundred metres with no central focus.

In Scattered settlements , houses are few and far from each other. Generally , such settlements are found in the areas of high relief , dense forests , grasslands , hot deserts and extensive agricultural lands. Scattered settlements have limited populations as in small hamlets i.e pada , wadi etc.

1 Clustered Rural Settlements. A clustered rural settlement is a rural settlement where a number of families live in close proximity to each other, with fields surrounding the collection of houses and farm buildings. The rural settlement patterns range from compact to linear, to circular, and grid.

The periphery is usually the lesser developed part of a town or region, that is usually located at the edge of the cities/regions and far away from the developed, more “sophisticated” and often beautiful city/regional centre.

The definition of a rural settlement depends on the country. In some countries, a rural settlement is any settlement in the areas defined as rural by a governmental office, e.g., by the national census bureau. This may include even rural towns. Common types of rural settlements are villages, hamlets and farms.

n. backwoods, wold, farming area, hinterland, scrubland, farmland, back country, weald, boondocks, countryside.