Town A has 1200 houses arranged in a regular rectangular grid with $40$ m spacing between adjacent houses in both east‑west and north‑south directions. The grid consists of $30$ rows each containing $40$ houses. Each household has an average of $4$ persons and the town contains a single central market that serves the whole population.

(a) Calculate the population density of the town in persons per square kilometre.

(b) Using the calculated density, decide whether the settlement pattern is more likely to be nucleated or dispersed, assuming a density above $2000$ persons km⁻² indicates a nucleated pattern.

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Town A has 1200 houses arranged in a regular rectangular grid with $40$ m spacing between adjacent houses in both east‑west and north‑south directions. The grid consists of $30$ rows each containing $40$ houses. Each household has an average of $4$ persons and the town contains a single central market that serves the whole population.

(a) Calculate the population density of the town in persons per square kilometre.

(b) Using the calculated density, decide whether the settlement pattern is more likely to be nucleated or dispersed, assuming a density above $2000$ persons km⁻² indicates a nucleated pattern.

Accepted Answer

Population density ≈ 2654 persons km⁻²; pattern is nucleated.

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