Settlement Types

The settlement character is typically divided into three subsets. The urban type of settlement has more of a cosmopolitan character to its makeup with large commercial and residential areas in a densely populated fashion. There are privately owned businesses as well and a vibrant service sector. Another type of settlement is the agricultural type in which farming and a pastoral existence was the norm. Both of these types of settlements had a large labor force consisting of Palestinians. The last type had no real definite infrastructural components unlike the other settlement types. These were the classic example of the "frontier" settlements that were instrumental in the push of such radical settlement organizations as Gush Eminum for expansion into the territories. One could say they are offshoots of nearby urban areas for they are entirely dependent on them.