rural settlement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofruralandsettlement
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rural
adjective
uk/ˈrʊə.rəl/us/ˈrʊr.əl/
in, of, or like ...
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settlement
noun
uk/ˈset.əl.mənt/us/ˈset̬.əl.mənt/
an official agreement that finishes ...
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(Definition ofruralandsettlementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Under the population-census denition, a village orruralsettlementhas fewer than 5,000 inhabitants.
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We were also able to sketch a differentiated picture ofruralsettlementin the area.
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Striking for almost each period are the considerable dynamics in theruralsettlementsystem of a relatively peripheral region.
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Within this model of urban, suburban, andruralsettlementlies the household and what must be larger social units, which are extremely difficult to identify.
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His discussion focuses on both the inner urban and externalruralsettlementpatterns.
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This apparent affluence is in stark contrast to theruralsettlementsites where objects, invariably from secondary deposits, tend to be rare.
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Even in aruralsettlementlocated at a considerable distance from political centers, the practice of religious activities occurred in the context of spatially distinct ritual zones.
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A scatteredruralsettlementthrough to the late eighteenth century, it grew increasingly rapidly through the nineteenth as a result of a single industry and a single firm.
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In addition to theseruralsettlementcommunity clusters, test excavation data indicated that these sites were behaviorally integrated via both shared ritual space and economic cooperation.
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For example, schedule 1 will provide billing authorities with much flexibility to interpret what is meant by "aruralsettlement".
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Local authorities will have to give early warning of changes to theruralsettlementlist.
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There are many sensible definitions of aruralsettlement.
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Secondly, what is his definition of a smallruralsettlement?
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The concession is for rural settlements, but what is aruralsettlement?
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The definition, we are told, is aruralsettlementwith a population of 3,000.
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They concluded that guidance on this matter and the drawing up ofruralsettlementlists might be helpful.
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It also asked what might be the position of some farm shops, which act as general stores but are not necessarily located within the boundaries of a designatedruralsettlement.
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What is aruralsettlement?
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Theruralsettlementgrew into a major residential and professional community.
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A number of new houses have been constructed since 1990; transforming the size and nature of thisruralsettlement.
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