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Types of Regions

Types of Regions. Formal Functional (Nodal) Vernacular (Perceptual). Formal Region. An area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristic Deals with facts and can be proven to exist Data can be collected about them. Formal. Formal. Formal. Functional Region.

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Types of Regions

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  1. Types of Regions Formal Functional (Nodal) Vernacular (Perceptual)

  2. Formal Region • An area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristic • Deals with facts and can be proven to exist • Data can be collected about them

  3. Formal

  4. Formal

  5. Formal

  6. Functional Region • An area organized around a node or focal point • Have a center and are connected to the area around it, usually by some form of transportation route

  7. Functional

  8. Functional

  9. Functional

  10. Vernacular Region • AKA Perceptual Region • An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity

  11. Vernacular

  12. Vernacular

  13. Vernacular • What do you think of when I say: • Southern California? • The South? • The Middle East? • New York City?

  14. This?

  15. Or this?

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