The city reflects the settlement patterns of the 19th century.

He demonstrated the culture's sophisticated management of water to support their settlement patterns.

The political success of the Republican party in the region is tied to the state's settlement patterns.

And what I discovered, curiously enough, was a traditional settlement pattern.

The settlement patterns of the people have shifted since the late 1980s.

Though these actions occurred nearly a century ago, they continue to influence settlement patterns today.

The last aim was to examine the regional settlement pattern.

Let us look, then, at some examples of settlement patterns in different areas.

For the Roman period, settlement patterns are perhaps a little more precise.

The last ice age had a profound effect upon the settlement patterns of man.