Name two types of rural settlement patterns.

KCSE Geography Paper 2 2004 Section B Question 9.

​a) i) Name two types of rural settlement patterns. 

• Nulcuted/cluster
• Scattered / dispersed
• Linear

​ii) A part from urban-rural migration. Name two other types of migration.

• Urban - Urban
• Rural – Rural
• Rural – Urban
• International  - External

​b) A part from pollution, explain four problems experienced in urban centers.

• Retirement from formal employment in urban areas / retrenchment.
• Lack of jobs in urban centers
• Insecurity in urban centers/ high crime rate
• The strategy  of district Focus for Rural Development/ government policy.
• Provision of infrastructure facilities in the rural areas/ social amenities.
• Setting up industries in rural areas/ discovery 

​c) i) Name two non-food agricultural industries in Thika 

• Leather tanning
• Tobacco treatment/ processing
• Textiles
• Cotton spinning
• Tanning industry

ii) Explain four factors that have led to the growth of Thika as an industrial town. 

• The abundant water supply from river Chania which  is used for  industrial Purposes.
• The roads/ railway links/ accessibility  have  made  it easy to receive  raw materials and sell the  industrial products.
• The high population around Thika  provides ready market for the industrial products.
• The rich  agricultural hinderland has  provided raw materials for industries
• Nearness to Nairobi has  led to industrial interdependence / ease of access to  supplies.
• The government policy  of decentralization of industries has encouraged the growth
• There is expensive  flat land for setting  industries ​

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