Settlement hierarchy

A settlement hierarchy is a way of arranging settlements into a hierarchy based upon their size. The term is used by landscape historians and in the National Curriculum for England. The term is also used in the planning system for the UK and for some other countries such as Ireland, India, and Switzerland. The term was used without comment by the geographer Brian Roberts in 1972.

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Shinjuku skyscrapers (foreground) and Mount Fuji (background) in Tokyo, the world's most populous city
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