Dispersed Settlements − In these kind of settlements, houses are spaced far apart and often interspersed with fields. However, the market and some other activities in these settlements are centralized where they participate together.
The Isthmus of Kra is located in the Malay Peninsula. It lies between the Ranong and Chumphon provinces of Southern Thailand. It is bordered by the Gulf of Thailand in the east and the Andaman Sea in the west.