SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND HIERARCHY OF SETTLEMENTS

Geography has been recognised as the discipline in distance. “Geography is only one of the disciplines concerned with the spatial distribution of phenomena". This phenomena is related to physical, social or economic distribution of natural resources, population and economic activities, etc. The locational arrangement of a region is significant as it contributes a lot in the typical characteristics of the region and its development patterns. The study of distance implies distribution and dispersion pattern and is very well realised in all geographical studies. It may be clarified that spacing is only the transformation of idea of distance and has wider scope as it includes the interlinkages of various phenomena and factors governing their spatial arrangement in a region.

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Keywords: Spatial Distribution, Economic Distribution, Economic Activities, Dispersion Pattern.


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