A comprehensive analysis of the history and devel- opment of rural settlement in both the developed and developing worlds. Complete with detailed case studies and fully illustrated, this is essential reading for all geographers and archaeologists.

Brian K. Roberts is Reader in Geography at the University of Durham.

Settlement landscapes; Part 1 Nucleation and dispersion; Part 2 Explanatory contexts; Part 3 House and farmstead; Part 4 Settlement forms; Part 5 Settlement patterns; Part 6 Settlement systems: a world view;