Sentence examples for pattern of settlement from inspiring English sources

The pattern of settlement, once begun, followed two paths.

A vast network of irrigation canals has modified the pattern of settlement and transportation.

Over time, this incremental pattern of settlement expansion has fragmented conservation land and impaired its ecological functioning.

A common geographic and climatic pattern prevails over all of Southeast Asia and has resulted in a particular pattern of settlement and cultural development.

But we believe even a modest effort by Israel to reverse the pattern of settlement growth could strongly improve conditions for negotiations — and improve Israel's sinking image.

"Here you have a long historical pattern of settlement," said a local architect, Tariq Alireza, expressing a frustration I encountered again and again here.

It shows a pattern of settlements and tracks that is the template for most of today's villages and roads.

The vernacular form and physical pattern of settlements in Saudi Arabia evolved under the influence of visible and non-visible forces.

The pattern of settlements already points the way to sensible compromise, with Arab population centers free to work toward federation with the Palestinian state across the Jordan river.

They argued that social and cultural improvement, especially through education, climatic conditions, the scattered pattern of settlements, and the mysterious disappearance of a major cause of death, namely plague, were the prime factors for reduction in mortality (5, 10, 11).

The societies exhibited three different patterns of settlement.