The phrase 'settlement areas' is correct and usable in written English.
For example, you could use it in a sentence such as: "In this region, there are five significant settlement areas."
Settlement areas are in intermontane valleys.
Origin in Norwegian settlement areas, especially Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The Western Carpathians rise above settlement areas in the valleys.
Peoples of Uralic (specifically Finno-Ugric) stock dominated two settlement areas.
Settlement areas nearest the ocean are connected to one another by a coastal highway.
Settlement areas lie in intermontane valleys, including the Ciuc and Gurge depressions.
Mapping of settlement areas from space is entering a new era.
Settlement areas were also situated farther from villages and roads than expected.
Modelled larval distributions and settlement areas corresponded favourably with observations from field sampling.
And protesters from oustide the settlement areas continue sneak in, in hopes of complicating and possibly derailing the withdrawal.
Palestinians report seeing tanks moving into certain settlement areas, which they say is creating panic among Palestinians.
