February 2025

Hoyt’s Sector model (1939)

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Hoyt's sector model. Image credit MediaWiki Hoyt’s sector model. Image credit MediaWiki ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Settlements: Hoyt’s Sector model (1939)

Assumptions

  • In making the model Hoyt made some assumptions
  • The […]
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Harris and Ullman’s Multi-nuclei model (1945)

By |2025-02-12T09:02:11+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

The Multi-nuclei model. Image credit MediaWiki The Multi-nuclei model. Image credit MediaWiki ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Settlements: Harris and Ullman’s Multi-nuclei model (1945)

They made their study well after the other two models had been published and thus had the benefit of hindsight and cities had since grown in size.

Findings

  • They […]
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Zimbabwe’s towns and Cities an Introduction

By |2025-02-12T09:03:07+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Bulawayo Zimbabwe's second largest city. Image credit southerneye.co.zw Bulawayo Zimbabwe’s second largest city. Image credit southerneye.co.zw ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Settlements: Zimbabwe’s towns and Cities an Introduction

  • An urban settlement in Zimbabwe is one whose population is more than 2 500 or more with the majority of its workers (more […]
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The city of Harare

By |2025-02-12T09:03:54+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

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ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Settlements: The city of Harare

  • According to the 2012 census:
  • Harare has a population of 2 098 199 people.
  • With a male population of: 1 011 831
  • And a female population of: 1 086 368
  • It is Zimbabwe’s administrative capital and largest city.
  • It is the focal point of all roads, rail […]
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Effects of urbanization

By |2025-02-12T09:44:02+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Illegal houses being demolished in Epworth, Harare. Image credit voicesofafrica.co.za Illegal houses being demolished in Epworth, Harare. Image credit voicesofafrica.co.za ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Settlements:The benefits and problems of urbanisation

  • Urbanisation brings about certain effects
  • There negative and positive effects
  • These effects affect both the source (rural areas) and receiving areas (the […]
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