Types of Regions!
Formal Regions
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Homogeneous regions or Uniform Regions
frequently used to outline governmental,
physical, cultural and economic areas.
At least one characteristic must be
homogeneous
Some familiar examples include, Canada,
the Rocky Mountains, the Islamic World, or
the rice-growing areas.
Formal
Formal
Functional Regions
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Nodal Regions or Network Regions
Frequently used for service areas, for
example, areas served by a particular utility
company.
The region is defined by the point-to-point
nature of activity.
Functional regions describe networks of
activity—for example, delivery routes.
US District Courts: Functional
Sau Paulo
Perceptual Maps
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Vernacular regions
constructed by peoples' perception and
therefore vary in extent from person to
person.
They exist because people refer to them as
if they are real.
Perfect examples are provided by the terms
Midwest, Dixie, and Down East.
If you gave people maps of the United
States and asked them to drawn a line
around any of these regions their
boundaries would vary considerably.
Sunbelt