Talk:Settlement hierarchy

Confusion and conflicts with other sources
I hope it is ok to change the heading (as I just did) from "Untitled" to the clearest possible summary, in hopes that it will be more useful than "Untitled" (& another tiny edit, when I didn't add a newline/return in my original edit, the next users comment continued on the same line after my sig. until I tried to reedit with simple addition of n/l, it then displayed a newline. I aborted edit, nl disappeared, refreshed page, still gone. Even apparently not necessary in this current edit, though preview shows correct. I now have added all this to add an additional nl (which in my current view is not necessary) bug? (suspect: it's still acting inconsistent with preview.) I'm ignorant?) --UnRheal (talk) 20:44, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

but is this the real hirachy or are there more because on other websites it is different — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.242.118 (talk • contribs)


 * The article is about the concept of a settlement hierarchy, and gives an example of such a hierarchy. Whether it would be fruitful to include other examples is a matter for discussion. -- Donald Albury 20:43, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

The term was used without comment by the geographer Brian Roberts in 1972.[2]

I'm not sure why this is in the article. If he didn't make comment, I'm not sure why we are. Jacksonmahr1 (talk) 08:51, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

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A line appears slightly ambiguous, or perhaps grammatically incorrect under Mid Density.
Under Mid Density, second sentence says: "At this density, viable access to advanced services due to Economies of scale being abundant." Maybe "...become abundant." Apologies. I skimmed the Talk page guidelines, but my few edits since Wikipedia was very young, already made 1 minute super minor edit into something like an hour. Again, possible ignorance of me. --UnRheal (talk) 21:15, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Should this article be used as a basis for wikipedia articles?
Some places with 37 000 people are called villages (on wikipedia), while other ones with 17 000 are called township. Some other villages are 4000 people....so well that's it. --Joujyuze (talk) 09:01, 19 May 2021 (UTC)


 * The article is based on an academic concept. The notion of whether a place is a village, a town, or a city is often context dependent. For example, in Florida, an incorporated municipality may call itself any of those three terms without regard to population, so that the of Lake Buena Vista, Florida, has a population of 27, while the  of Wellington, Florida has a population of 65,200. We call a place what reliable sources call it. - Donald Albury 14:04, 19 May 2021 (UTC)