Answer» | Rural Settlement | Urban Settlement | | Any settlement where most of the people are engaged in primary activities like agriculture, forestry, mining and fishery is known as a rural settlement. | Urban is the term related to cities and towns where people are primarily engaged in non-agricultural activities, such as secondary, tertiary and quartemary activities. | | The most important and unique feature of rural settlements is the vast, open spaces with green, pollution-free environment. | The common characteristic feature of an urban unit is that they are compact, congested and liable to a large number of population. |
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