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Settlement Hierarchy Settlement hierarchy is the process by which settlements are put in order, based upon, the services they provide or their size. There are three ways in which they can be ordered, these are: * Population size; the bigger the population, the higher ranked they are. (see fig. 1) * The further away they are from large from large settlements, the further away, the higher they are ranked. * The range and amount of services, the more range and services, the higher they are ranked. Bid-rent theory and transport nodes Transport Nodes- a transport node is an area where many different types of transport and routes meet, like a cross road, therefore this makes this area very accessible for the public. Most shops want to build near this point because of its accessibility and therefore the land around the transport node is very expensive. Bid rent theory- As I explained in the previous paragraph,...

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