The phrase "associated settlements" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to settlements that are linked or related to a particular subject or issue.
Example: "The report highlighted the environmental impact of the associated settlements near the industrial site."
Alternatives: "related settlements" or "connected settlements".
Most notable for the numerous ancient amethyst mines, associated settlements, and rock inscriptions dating to the Middle Kingdom and Greco-Roman period, Wadi el-Hudi contains dozens of archaeological sites dating from the Paleolithic to the Islamic Period in the Eastern Desert south of Aswan.
Khirokitia and several smaller associated settlements disappeared after a few centuries, leaving the island uninhabited for nearly 2,000 years.
A combination of remote sensing data, in particular a new high resolution DEM based on Tandem-X data, and a program of over thirty cores on the ground, have clarified the landscape, especially its fluvial pattern, and the placements of associated settlements.
From the early 14th century onwards, the associated settlements and their fields were abandoned due to a complex of causes, particularly climate deterioration and epidemic plagues.
The most impressive Iron Age structures of Orkney are the ruins of later round towers called "brochs" and their associated settlements such as the Broch of Burroughston and Broch of Gurness.
Since the ancient name of the temple and its associated settlement is not known, the name of the modern town is generally used to designate them.
Attention should be paid to the possible distortion on consolidation behavior in laboratory tests and engineering practice due to the remaining pore pressure and the associated settlement.
Human habitation and the intensity of agriculture varied considerably across sites, though generally unprotected roads had associated settlement and small-scale slash and burn agricultural plots, while protected roads did not.
Total DDL associated with settlements approved in 2016 was nearly $81 billion, 20percentt below the average from 2007 through 2015.
Merthyr Tydfil grew rapidly to become the main urban centre of a new industrial society, but it sadly lacked the facilities normally associated with settlements of a more gradual growth.
We did find, however, that analysis of modified slope raster maps derived from the DEM did allow for identification of hill and ridge top modification that are associated with settlements, suggesting that these proxies have predictive value for identifying residential compounds.
