settlements

n.

a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

同义词：colony

a community of people smaller than a town

同义词：villagesmall town

a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

同义词：colonizationcolonisation

something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

"the finally reached a settlement with the union"

同义词：resolutionclosure

an area where a group of families live together

termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

同义词：liquidation

The rising tide: assessing the risks of climate change and human settlements in low elevation coastal zones
The Challenge of Slums: Global Report on Human Settlements 2003
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Surface settlements due to deformation of a tunnel in an elastic half plane
Settlements above tunnels in the United Kingdom-their magnitude and prediction
Engineering Geology of Norwegian Normally-Consolidated Marine Clays as Related to Settlements of Buildings
UN Habitat. (2009). Planning sustainable cities, global report on human settlements
Spatio-temporal dynamic patterns of farmland and rural settlements in Su-Xi-Chang region: implications for building a new countrysid...
Planning sustainable cities, global report on human settlements 2009
Cities and climate change : global report on human settlements 2011