1. Table 3.1 shows the settlement hierarchy in County Tipperary, Ireland.

Table 3.1

type of settlement	number of settlements	position in hierarchy
regional town (RT)	1
sub-regional town (SRT)	2
district town (DT)	6
service centre (SC)	35
local service centre (LSC)	26
small settlement (SS)	58

(i)

Using information from Table 3.1, plot the number of district towns in Fig. 3.1 below.

Fig. 3.1

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(ii)

Describe the relationship between position in the settlement hierarchy and number of settlements as shown in Table 3.1 and Fig. 3.1.

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(iii)

What is unusual about the number of local service centres (LSCs) in Fig. 3.1?

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