The phrase "a type of settlement" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when categorizing or describing a specific kind of settlement, such as in legal, financial, or geographical contexts.
Example: "The agreement reached between the two parties was classified as a type of settlement that would resolve their ongoing dispute."
Alternatives: "a form of settlement" or "a category of settlement".
Revealing this symbiotic relationship was one way of ascribing value to a type of settlement that is under-respected.
Proprietary colony, in British American colonial history, a type of settlement dominating the period 1660 90, in which favourites of the British crown were awarded huge tracts of land in the New World to supervise and develop.
This is a type of settlement usually located several tens of meters above the surrounding area on mountainsides, and is peculiar to the Yayoi period.
A new type of settlement ReprintsBut the group has ruffled feathers by becoming increasingly aggressive.
A new type of settlement ReprintsMr Museveni, in any event, seems increasingly erratic.
A new type of settlement ReprintsThe UN, which has run the camps for all those years, is tired of the job.
The merchants lived in factories (trading houses) or in a collegiate type of settlement where life was confined, colourful, and often short.
A new type of settlement ReprintsThe Italian island of Lampedusa, which lies south of Sicily in what officials call the "central Mediterranean corridor", is not on the Eritreans' main escape route.
A new type of settlement ReprintsThose are big hurdles, and it is not yet clear if all the many parties represented in parliament, including the opposition, are fully on board.
Ou (2006) developed a method to predict the details of ground surface settlement on the basis of studies, and concluded that in principle there are two types of settlement curves, the spandrel and the concave; and that the magnitude of wall deflection in a cantilever model would define the type of settlement curve.
She made it clear that she is not looking for a particular tweak to Google's algorithm, or to enforce a particular screen design — the latter being the type of settlement Almunia had sought — but rather said she is seeking "to work with principles that can be futureproofed".
