Unit 1.7 Human Geo

Regional Analysis (Basic Unit of Measurement)

Areas of Earth that have certain unifying characters (physical or human)

Internal uniformity

Internal uniformity (common features shared within)

External Uniqueness

The uniformity demonstrated within is visible to outsiders

Characteristics of a Region

1. Areas boundaries,specific loaction. 2.most regions based on cultural human/characterstics 3. language economic religion ethinicty 4. place factor=people often feel attachments to regions

Formal Regions

Virtually everyones shares one or more common characteristic. (Language ethnicity religion, policital status.)

Functional Regions

Areas organized around a node, functional regions tend to have more clearly defined border but not always.

Vernacular (Perceptual) Regions

Regions percevied as part of a distinct cultural identity, EX: The south thought to different more subjective biases.

Nodes

The node of a functional region dominates at the center and loses importance as we get farther away (distance decay)

Region Cons

1. Regions are subjective 2.boundaries are fuzzy and change over time.