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A human settlement is a community or group of people living in one place (1). The development of such a community for productive purposes involves a transformation of the natural environment into a man-made environment that includes a variety of structures and institutions designed to meet the community’s needs in work, recreation and other aspects of human life. It thus has a natural setting, a physical infrastructure of energy sources, housing, transport, water and waste disposal services; and a social infrastructure of political, educational and cultural services.
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Tolba, M.K. (1992). Human settlements. In: Saving Our Planet. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2278-8_17
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