Sentence examples for location of settlements from inspiring English sources

In antiquity, as now, the most favoured location of settlements was on slightly raised ground near the riverbank, where transport and water were easily available and flooding was unlikely.

The Holocene history of this landscape shows that the location of settlements from the Neolithic onward was strongly influenced by the environment, which led people to select more stable, well-drained areas, such as relicts of inactive depositional landforms within or around the plain.

This map was constructed from a combination of satellite imagery and land cover maps which were used to develop models that identified the location of settlements [ 48, 49].

"Issues relating to timing and location of settlement, conditions of refugee visas, the safety and security of refugees, and family reunion, are all matters for the PNG government to determine".

As of 2016, Toronto was the predominant location of settlement for Somalis, followed by Ottawa, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Winnipeg.

Furthermore, the GI of total species had significant correlations with those of indigenous species, exotic species, and planted species (r > 0.90, p < 0.01) as well as with the region and location of settlement (r < −0.48, p < 0.01).

The Michigan Historical Commission has designated sites of historic importance, such as the location of early settlements and the first home of the Ford Motor Company.

The palaeoecological data are discussed with regards to chronology and geographical location of the settlements.

Fig. 1 Map showing a the location of the settlements within the Birim River basin and b the sampling stations.

The wrong location of provisional settlements following a disaster can also lead to unplanned environmental problems (for example, deforestation) that could limit the contribution of natural ecosystems to CCA (Parker et al. 1995).

The exogeneity of the instrument relies on the assumption that there are no persistent shocks that could drive the location of immigrant settlements over time and that are correlated with the outcome variables of interest (in this case, crime trends).