Designates places or areas occupied, modified, or planned to be inhabited by communities of human populations and that contain enough societal functions to be relatively self-sufficient. They are characterized by inhabitants living in neighboring sets of living quarters and by the place having a proper name or a locally recognized status.

inhabited places(P,,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
inhabited place(,U,English-NP,AD,U,SN)
populated places(,U,English-NP,UF,U,N)
settlements(inhabited places)　(,U,English-NP,UF,U,N)
settlement(inhabited place)　(,U,English-NP,UF,U,N)
human settlements(,U,English-NP,UF,U,N)
places, inhabited(,U,English-NP,UF,U,N)
places, populated(,U,English-NP,UF,U,N)
settlements, human(,U,English-NP,UF,U,N)
bewoonde gebieden(P,,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
nederzetting(,U,Dutch-NP,AD,U,U)
asentamientos(asentamiento y paisajes)　(P,,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
asentamiento(asentamiento y paisajes)　(,U,Spanish-NP,AD,U,SN)
聚落(P,,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
人類居住地(,U,Chinese (traditional)-NP,UF,U,U)
chü lo (P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
jù luò (P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
ju luo(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)

Top of the AAT hierarchies
....Objects Facet
........Built Environment (Hierarchy Name)
............Settlements and Landscapes
................inhabited places

thing(s) needing context are....

housing(concept)

Dutch....	Verwijst naar plaatsen of gebieden die zijn bewoond, zijn aangepast voor bewoning of gepland zijn voor bewoning door gemeenschappen van menselijke populaties, en die voldoende maatschappelijke voorzieningen bezitten om min of meer zelfstandig te functioneren. Bewoonde gebieden worden gekenmerkt door personen die in aan elkaar grenzende groepen woningen leven en door het feit dat de betreffende plaats een eigennaam draagt of een lokaal erkende status bezit.
Spanish....	Designa lugares o áreas ocupadas, modificadas u organizadas para ser habitadas por comunidades de poblaciones humanas y que contienen un número adecuado de funciones sociales como para ser relativamente autosuficientes.
Chinese (traditional)....	指稱人類社群佔領、更改或計畫居住的地方或區域，並且包含足夠社會功能以達到相較自足狀態。人類居住地之特徵來自生活在鄰近生活區塊的居民，以及來自具有專有名稱之地方，或具有當地認可狀態的地方。

inhabited places............	[VP]
.................	Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (1997-)
.................	United Nations, Statistics Division [online] (2000-) accessed 1 September 2004
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Names and appellatives," accessed 1 Septembr 2004
inhabited place............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
populated places............	[VP]
.................	NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2000-2003) accessed 1 January 2001
settlements(inhabited places)............	[VP]
.................	Canadian Urban Thesaurus (1979)
.................	Ehrich, Chronologies (1992) IND
.................	Hole and Heizer, Prehistoric Archaeology (1977) 286
.................	Canadian Thesaurus of Construction Science and Technology (1978)
.................	Rickert, Urban Thesaurus (1968) 90
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
.................	Avery Index (1963-) (source AAT)
.................	BHA Subject Headings (1985-) settlements (habitats)
.................	AATA database (1995-) 154434 checked 26 January 2012
settlement(inhabited place)............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
human settlements............	[VP]
.................	Canadian Urban Thesaurus (1979)
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.................	Canadian Thesaurus of Construction Science and Technology (1978)
places, inhabited............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
places, populated............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
settlements, human............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
bewoonde gebieden............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
nederzetting............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
asentamientos(asentamiento y paisajes)............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Comité, Plural del término en singular
asentamiento(asentamiento y paisajes)............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Moliner, Diccionario de uso del español (2004) I:272
聚落............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	建築學英漢辭典 377
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2000-2003) populated place
.................	USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-) populated place
.................	AATA database (1995-) 154434 checked 26 January 2012
.................	Van Dale Engels-Nederlands (1989)
.................	Van Dale Ne-En (1991)

Getty AAT: 300008347 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300008347
ASDC Union Catalog： inhabited places 、inhabited place 、populated places 、settlements 、settlement 、human settlements 、places, inhabited 、places, populated 、settlements, human 、bewoonde gebieden 、nederzetting 、asentamientos 、asentamiento 、聚落 、人類居住地 、chü lo 、jù luò 、ju luo